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REGULATIONS 


ARMY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES, 


18  6  1. 


NEW    YORK: 

HARPER    &    BROTHERS,    PUBLISHERS, 
J-RAKKLIN    SQUARE. 


A'^f'f^O|    I    I  M:{-/,,i:v 


WAK  DEPAETMENT, 

WAsniNGTON,  May  1,  1861. 

The  following  Begulations  for  the  Army  having  been  ap- 
proved by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  he  com- 
mands that  they  be  published  for  the  government  of  all  con- 
cerned, and  that  they  be  strictly  observed.  Nothing  con- 
trary to  the  tenor  of  these  Regulations  will  be  enjoined  in 
any  part  of  the  forces  of  the  United  States  by  any  command- 
er whatsoever. 

'  SIMON  CAMERON, 

Secretary  of  War. 


VI  INDEX. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT,  No.  of  paragraph. 

resignations  to  be  forwarded  to  Adjutant-General 25,  26 

Adjutant-General  to  report  the  state  of  an  officer's 

accounts  before  presenting  his  resignation 27 

blank  warrants,  discharges,  &c.,  furnished  from. ...76,  161,  451 
inventories  of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers  to  be  for- 
warded to 146, 147, 148 

orders  assigning  the  stations  of  officers  of  Engineers, 

&c.,  will  be  made  through  the 430 

returns  made  to  the,  by  commanders  of  divisions,  reg- 
iments, &c 448  to  463 

officers  of  the,  to  be  assigned  to  head-quarters  of  ar- 
mies, divisions,  &c 478 

Adjutant-General  to  conduct  the  recruiting  service... Art.  xlvii 

AIDES-DE-CAMP, 

how  appointed 33 

AMMUNITION, 

care  of 54 

in  charge  of  company  officers 102,  103,  104 

in  convoys 736 

in  transports 836 

not  to  be  taken  into  hospital ." 1125 

APPOINTMENT 

of  officers 21,  22 

of  citizens 23 

on  the  staff 32  to  3G 

citizens  receiving,  not  entitled  to  transportation  ex- 
cept  1004,  1005 

applicants  for,  as  assistant  surgeons 1155,  1157 

of  officers  temporarily  in  the  militia 1204 

ARMAMENT, 

care  of 50,  51,  52,  53 

ARMS 

in  possession  of  companies 90,  96,  97,  100,  101 

of  des<9!tfers  to  be  turned  over  to ....766 

care  of,  on  transports 835 

required  for  an  officer  for  his  own  use 1237 

needing  repairs  may  be  sent  to 1239 

prices  of 1280 

ARMS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 

to  be  painted  on  drums 108 

description  of. 1367 


INDEX.  til 

AREESTS,                                                                                       No.  of  paragraph, 
of  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers 211  to  219 

ARTILLERY, 

practice  of,  &c.,  regulated 55  to  68 

commander  of,  duties  in  sieges 777,  794,  810 

B. 

BAGGAGE  TRAINS, 

care  and  conduct  of 754  to  762,  994 

BAKING, 

saving  in  the  flour  ration  by,  to  constitute  the  post 

fund  190 

BANDS, 

number  of  men  allowed  for 77 

how  mustered 78 

to  be  at  head-quarters,  provided 79 

BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS 

not  to  be  erected  or  altered  but  by  order  of 956 

allotment,  care  of,  &c 961  to  986 

when  commuted 974 

BATHING, 

men  to  bathe 95,  856 

BATTLES, 

dispositions  for 699  to  725 

BIVOUACS, 

formations  of,  &c 531  to  538 

BLANK  FORMS 

of  warrants,  &c.,  furnished  from 76,  161 

of  returns  required  from  the  commanders  of  divisions, 

&c.,  to  be  furnished  by 451 

for  Quartermaster's  and  Pay  Departments  will  be  pro- 
cured by 1022 

for  Subsistence  Department,  no  charge  for  printing 

allowed 1100 

for  Engineer  Corps 1227 

for  Ordnance  Department 1279 

for  recruiting  service 1325  to  1332 

BOARD, 

Ordnance,  how  composed , 1230 

BOARD  OF  EXAMINATION 

for  the  appointment  of  any  citizens  to  the  army 23 

medical 1153,  1154 


BOARD  OF  INSPECTORS                                                     No.  of  paragraph, 
on  recruits  unfit  for  semce 1352  to  1357 

BOARD  OF  SURVEY, 

to  examine  injured  stores,  &c 926,  932 

to  take  an  inventory  of  public  property  in  charge  of  a 

deceased  officer 933 

BOOKS 

for  record  of  artillery  practice 58,  57,  58 

regimental 83 

post 84 

company 123 

how  obtained.. 1022 

charge  for  printing  not  allowed 1100 

for  medical  officers page  251 

to  be  kept  by  officer  in  charge  of  the  construction  of 

permanent  works 1 226 

to  be  kept  by  Ordnance  officers 1227 

blank,  for  recruiting  sersice,  how  obtained,  &c 1325  to  1332 

BREVET 

rank,  takes  effect  when 10,  11,  1175 

pay,  when  allowed 1176 

C. 

CAMPS, 

formation  of,  &c 489  to  538 

troops  in,  to  be  exercised 546 

CANTONMENTS, 

formation  of,  &c 539  to  544 

CAPTAINS 

must  serve  with  their  companies 70 

of  companies,  duties  of 85  to  126 

to  fonvard  certificate  of  disability  in  case  of 163 

CARDS, 

disbursing  officer^j^.to  bet  at , 898 

CASUALTIES,        -!^,\... 

returns  of 453 

CERTIFICATE 

of  disability  to  be  sent,  &c ....163,  164 

blank,  to  be  in  charge  of  the  company  commander 167 

applications  for  a  leave  of  absence  on  account  of  sick- 
ness, to  be  accompanied  by ;V 179 

medical,  to  be  forwarded 180 


INDEX.  ix 

CERTIFICATE  No.  of  paragraph. 

to  private  servants 763 

to  laundresses 764 

of  attendance  on  a  court 1027 

of  merit,  pay  due  on,  commences 1189 

CHAPLAINS 

selected  by,  &c 201 

how  paid 1167 

when  pay  ceases  to  be  reported  to 1201 

CLOTHING, 

how  supplied,  allowance,  &c 1031  to  1050 

articles  of,  issued  to  recruits 1317 

COLORS, 

description  of.... 1369,  1370,  1371 

COMMAND, 

officer  highest  in  rank  to ► 7 

officers  of  Engineers,  Ordnance,  &c.,  not  to  exercise.. 12,  13, 14 

succession  in 15, 16,  17,  18 

according  to  brevet  rank .....1176 

appropriate  to  grades 1177 

COMMANDING  OEEICERS, 

temporary,  not  to  annul  standing  orders .18 

to  forward  reports  of  target  practice 66 

of  regiments -. 71,  73,  199,1362 

of  companies 85  to  126 

of  divisions,  &c.,  in  the  field 476,  477 

of  districts  or  departments  shall  require  abstracts,  &c., 

to  be  rendered 950 

to  enforce  a  rigid  economy  in  public  expenses 949 

may  order  issues  of  clothing  to 1050 

not  to  forfeit  allowances  when 1181 

to  make  a  report  to  the  chief  of  Ordnance  when 1245 

COMMISSARY  DEPARTMENT, 

ofiicers  of,  though  eligible  to  command,  not  to  as- 
sume the  command  except,  &c 14 

senior  Lieutenant,  holding  the  appointment  of  As- 
sistant Commissary  of  Subsistence,  entitled  to  per- 
form the  duty 36 

officers  in,  to  give  bonds 891 

duties  of,  see  Art.  xlii. 

forms  in page  213  to  241 

1* 


X  INDEX. 

COMPANIES  No.  of  paragraph. 

take  place  in  battalion  according  to 69 

interior  management  of 85  to  126 

paraded  for  payment  to  be  attended  by  an  officer 1165 

commanders  of,  responsible  for  arms,  &c 1240 

CONTRACTS, 

by  whom  directed,  how  made,  &c 939  to  948 

subsistence  stores  to  be  obtained  by 1059 

for  subsisting  recruiting  parties 1081  to  1088 

for  cannon,  &c.,  how  made 1232 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

in  money  or  kind  may  be  levied  by 482 

CONVOYS  AND  THEIR  ESCORTS, 

formation  and  conduct  of 729  to  753 

CORPS    OF    ENGINEERS    AND    TOPOGRAPHICAL    ENGI- 
NEERS.    See  Engineers. 

CORRESPONDENCE, 

general  iniles  for  military 439  to  447 

letters  of,  transmitted  to  accompany 1271 

to  Adjutant-General  on  recruiting  service,  how  en- 
dorsed  1334 

COUNCIL  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

to  establish  the  price  of  washing  soldiers'  clothing 125 

post 149,  150, 185  to  189 

company 197,  198 

to  select  chaplain,  &c 201 

COURTS,  CIVIL, 

proceedings  in,  when  an  officer  is  a  party  to 1365,  1366 

COURTS-MARTIAL, 

composition  of,  &c 8G1  to  882 

stationery  for. 1020 

expenses  of 1024  to  1027 

D. 

DAILY  DUTIES 

in  garrison;  hours  prescribed  by  commanding  officer 221 

in  camp;  hours,  details,  &c.,  how  announced 498 

DECEASED  • 

officers : 145,  146,  147 

non-commissioned  officers 148,  149,  150 

soldiers,  amount  due  laundress .' 1185 

officers,  inventories  of  property  in  charge 933 


INDEX.  Xi 

DECEASED  No.  of  paragraph, 

non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  148, 149, 150, 454, 1124 

DEFENSE  OF  FORTIFIED  PLACES, 

instructions  for  the 820  to  831 

DEPARTMENTS, 

military  geographical,  will  be  established  by 37 

DEPOTS, 

for  an  army  in  the  field 488 

for  the  wounded 717 

for  recruits,  how  established 1341 

DESERTERS, 

to  be  reported 151 

rewards  for  apprehending 152 

expenses  for  pursuing 153 

to  make  good  time  lost 154 

not  to  be  restored  to  duty  without  trial,  except,  &c 155 

to  have  rewards  and  expenses  for  apprehending  set 

against  pay , 156 

not  to  receive  pay  while  awaiting  trial...., 157,  1184 

from  the  enemy,  to  be  secured,  &c \..632,  7G5 

arms,  &c.,  of 766 

clothing  of 1048 

to  forfeit  all  pay 1083 

DETACHMENTS, 

formation  and  conduct  of. 640  to  646 

on  transports..... 832  to  860 

DISCHARGES, 

authority  to  grant 159 

duplicates  forbidden 161 

cause  of,  «S^c.,  to  be  stated 162 

not  to  be  given  to  insane  soldiers 165 

of  soldiers  absent  from  companies  to  be  reported 166 

blank,  to  be  in  the  custody  of  the  company  commander 167 

DISCIPLINE, 

military 1,  2,  3 

of  regiments,  &c 73  to  122 

DISCUSSIONS, 

what  kind  of,  prohibited 210 

DRESS 

of  the  army,  see  Article  LI. 

DRESS  PARADE, 

form  of 325  to  336 


Xll  INDEX. 

DRESS  PARADE,  No.  of  paragraph. 

officers  to  attend 337 

not  to  be  dispensed  with 338 

DRUMS, 

how  painted  and  marked 108 

E. 
ENCAMPMENT, 

order  of,  for  infantry 506  to  514 

cavalry 515  to  527 

artilleiy 528  to  530 

ENGINEERS, 

officers  of,  not  to  assume,  nor  to  be  ordered  on  duty 

other  than,  &c 12 

officers  of,  though  eligible  to  command  according  to 

rank,  not  to  assume  command  unless,  &c 14 

officers  of,  assigned  to  head-quarters  of  armies,  &c 478 

chief  of,  in  the  field 480,  481 

during  a  siege 777,  794,  810,  812,  817 

corps  of,  duties  of,  &c 1211  to  1227 

ENLISTMENTS 

to  be  taken  in  triplicate 1311 

EQUIPAGE, 

allowance,  care,  &c.,  of  camp  and  garrison 1031  to  1051 

ESCORTS 

of  honor '. 261  to  264 

funeral 267  to  29^ 

EXCHANGE  AND  TRANSFER 

of  officers 30,  31 

of  soldiers 141  to  144 

EXTRA-DUTY, 

compensation  for  soldiers  on 883  to  890 

rolls  for.. 1028 

soldiers  employed  in  Commissariat  to  be  paid  the  reg- 
ulated allowance 1095 

F. 
FLAGS, 

description  of 13G8 

FLAG  OF  TRUCE, 

caution  to  be  observed  respecting  bearers  of. 630 


INDEX.  Xlll 

FORA.GE,  No.  of  paragraph. 

allowance  of,  &c 1010,  1011,  1012 

FORMS 

of  Quartermaster's  Department page  137  to  205 

Subsistence  Department "     214  to  241 

Medical  Department ''     254  to  283 

Pay  Department "     300  to  312 

Corps  of  Engineers  and  Topographical  Engi- 
neers     ''    316  to  331 

Ordnance  Department "     372  to  420 

Recruiting  Service *'        433,  434 

FORMS  OF  PARADE, 

dress  parade,  review,  &c 325  to  388 

FORTIFICATIONS, 

care  of 38  to  49 

care  of,  armament,  &c 5  to  54 

FUEL, 

allowance  of 963 

for  mess-room 966 

not  consumed,  to  be  retm*ned 967 

increase  of  allowance 968 

issued  only  in" the  month  for  which  due 969 

when  commuted 974,  975,  976 

FUND, 

post 190  to  196 

regimental 196 

company 197,  198,  199 

public,  not  to  be  expended  for  the  purchase  of  any 

land,  unless 955 

turned  over  by  one  paymaster  to  another  to  be  enter- 
ed in 1202 

for  recruiting  service,  how  obtained 1288 

FURLOUGHS 

to  enlisted  men...: 182  to  184 

FURNITURE, 

mess,  for  soldier  in  the  field 117 

for  soldiers'  barracks 978 

for  dach  officer 979 

will  be  provided  for  officers'  quarters  when 980 


XIV  INDEX. 

G. 

GENERAL  POLICE                                                                  No.  of  paragraph, 
in  camp 762  to  768 

GUARD-MOUNTING, 

form  of 365  to  388 

GUARDS, 

to  be  relieved  every  twenty-four  hom*s 365 

where  organized 366,  375 

duties  of 389  to  421 

form  of  report page  55 

in  camp 510,  511,  523 

police,  duties  of,  &c 564  to  583 

picket,  duties  of 584  to  592 

grand 593  to  633 

advance  and  rear,  composition  of 670,671 

advanced,  may  be  posted  to  aid  the  pursuit 704 

for  trains 757 

in  a  siege,  in  case  of  a  sortie,  duties  of 805 

'  on  transports .838 

GUIDONS, 

description  of .^ 1373 

H. 

HAVERSACKS 

will  be  marked 107 

to  be  searched 678 

HONORS, 

to  whom  given 227  to  247 

salutes 248  to  260 

escorts 261  to  264 

funeral 265  to  292 

paid  by  guards  in  camp 569 

not  to  be  paid  by  troops  on  the  march 693 

not  to  be  paid  in  the  trenches 801 

HORSES, 

care  of,  on  transports , 857,  858,  859 

to  be  branded 918 

incurably  unfit  for  any  public  service *. 926 

of  officers,  which  are  to  be  transported,  to  be  authorized  by. 993 
mounted  officers  may  purchase  from  among  the  pub- 
lic horses  when,  &c 1030 

of  mounted  officers,  to  be  shod  by 1030 


HOSPITAL  STEWARDS,  No.  of  paragraph. 

allowance  of,  to  hospitals 1132 

how  appointed,  &c 1158,  1159,  1160,  1161 

HOSPITALS, 

issues  to  and  purchases  for 1073,  1074,  1075 

how  supplied  with  medical  stores 1105,  1107 

duties  of  senior  medical  offi- 4  1115   to  1120,  1122  to   1126, 

cers  of. (  1128  to  1131,  1138,  1139,  1159 

attendants  of 1132 


I. 
INDIANS, 

issues  to 1077 

INSPECTION 

of  troops 293  to  309 

of  hospital,  quarters,  &c 310,  311,  312,  313 

of  books  and  accounts 314,  315 

reports  will  show,  &c 462 

reports  of  stores  reported  unserviceable 927 

of  public  buildings  will  be  made 982,  983 

of  armories  and  arsenals  to  be  made  annually 1246 

tours  of,  by  superintendents  of  recruiting  service,  will 

be  made  only 1296 

INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT, 

officers  of,  though  eligible  to  command,,  not  to  as- 
sume unless 14 

reports  of  inspection  will  show  the  discipline  of  the 

troops,  &c 462,  463 

,  Inspector-General  to  examine  military  stores  report- 
ed unserviceable 927 

ISSUES, 

how  made,  regulated,  &c 1072  to  1080,  1088 

JUDGE  ADVOCATE 

of  a  court-martial,  duties  of 871  to  882 

per  diem  to 1025 

L. 
LAUNDRESS, 

allowance  of,  per  company 124 

price  of  washing  by,  how  fixed 125 

debts  due  the,  how  collected 126 

following  the  army,  to  be  furnished  with  a  certificate 764 


XVI  INDEX. 

LAUNDRESS,  No.  of  paragraph. 

separated  from  company,  may  draw  rations  when 1076 

ration  of page  212 

medical  attendance  upon 1133 

amount  due,  from  deserters,  to  be  mentioned  on  mus- 
ter-roll  1185 

LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE 

not  to  be  granted  when  a  post  will  be  left  without  a 

commissioned  officer 170 

when  to  commence 171 

who  may  grant '. 172 

limit  of 1 72 

application  for,  to  be  endorsed  by 173 

commander  of  a  post  to  report  on  leaving 174 

LIEUTENANTS 

holding  an  appointment  of  Assistant-Commissary  of 

Subsistence 36 

to  assist  the  Captains  in  the  performance  of  all  com- 
pany duties 86 

M.  • 

MARAUDING 

forbidden 768 

MARCHES, 

arrangements  for,  «S:c 668  to  698 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT, 

officers  of,  not  to  exercise  command  except. 13 

officers  of,  not  to  be  put  in  arrest 214 

officers  of,  having  charge  of  hospitals,  to  inspect 294 

officers  of,  on  transports,  duty  of 853,  854,  855 

chief  of,  to  regulate  the  employment  of  hired  persons 

requisite  for.. 893 

duties  of  the 1104  to  1161 

forms  of  returns,  &c 254  to  283 

MESS, 

soldiers' Ill  to  117 

on  transports 840 

rooms,  allowance  of 966 

MILEAGE, 

when  an  officer  is  entitled  to 1003 

MILITARY  ACADEMY, 

graduates  of,  are  appointed  to  vacancies  in  the  army 22 


INDEX,  XVll 

MILITIA,  No.  of  paragraph. 

requisitions  for,  how  made 1579 

to  be  mustered  by  an  officer  of  the  regular  army 1580 

duty  of  mustering  officer 1581,  1582,  1584 

general  staff  officers  of,  not  to  be  mustered  in 1582 

duty  of  officer  mustering  out 1583,  1584 

muster  of,  with  a  view  to  payment 1585,  158G 

to  be  paid  by  Paymasters  of  the  regular  army.... 1587 

MUSTER-ROLLS, 

how  made 323 

where  sent 324 

to  be  accompanied  by  a  letter  of  transmission 443 

MUSTERS, 

by  whom  made 317,  318 

to  be  preceded  by  inspection,  &c ,...> 319 

form  of,  &c. 320  to  322 

N. 
NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS, 

how  appointed 71,  72 

how  reduced 75 

not  to  be  sent  to  the  guard-house 74 

to  be  furnished  with  a  warrant  of  rank 76 

in  command  of  squads,  responsibility  of 96 

not  to  be  employed  in  any  menial  service 122 

appointed  Ordnance  Sergeants  to  be  dropped,  &c 134 

not  to  be  transferred  from  one  regiment  to  another 

except,  &c 141 

duties  of,  when  in  action 715 

who  were  recommended  for  promotion  to  brevet,  to 

receive  additional  pay , 1190 

may  re-enlist  in  company  or  regiment  within  two 

months,  &c 1313 

O. 
OFFICERS, 

how  appointed  and  promoted 19  to  23 

resignations  of 24  to  29 

exchange  or  transfer  of 30,  31 

general,  to  appoint  their  own  aides-de-camp 33 

in  temporary  command,  not  to  alter  or  annul  standing 

orders 18 


XVIU  INDEX. 

OFFICERS,  No.  of  paragrapli. 

must  serve  three  years  with  their  regiments  before  fill- 
ing positions  on  the  Staff  separating  them  from 

their  companies,  &c 34 

of  mounted  corps  not  to  be  separated  from  their  regi- 
ments except,  &c 35 

to  be  cautious  in  reproving  non-commissioned  oflficers,  &C....75 

traveling  under  orders  to  report,  &c 168 

on  leave  of  absence,  &c.,  to  report  to 171 

prevented  by  sickness  from  joining  his  post,  to  trans- 
mit certificates,  &c 180 

in  arrest 211  to  219 

of  staff  corps  are  assigned  to  the  head-quarters  of  ar- 
mies, &c 478 

important  orders,  &c.,  to  be  intrusted  to 547,  548 

to  attend  to  packs  and  girths  on  marches 678 

who  accompany  escorts  not  to  exercise  command  ex- 
cept, &c 734 

who  shall  sell  or  dispose  of,  for  a  premium,  any  draft,  &c.  .:897 

disbursing,  who  bet  at  cards 898 

not  to  take  a  receipt  in  blank 899 

not  to  purchase  supplies  from  persons  in  the  military 

service 904 

have  no  authority  to  insure  public  property 916 

intrusted  with  public  funds  or  property,  to  render  re- 
turns, &c 936,  1052 

to  select  quarters  according  to  rank,  &c 970  to  973 

in  the  field,  not  entitled  to  commutation 976 

horses  of,  to  be  shod  by 1030 

in  Quartermaster's  Department,  to  furnish  useful  in- 
formation of  routes,  &c 1058 

may  draw  subsistence  stores,  &c , 1089 

commanding  companies  to  attend  payment  of  company...  11 65 

how  paid,  &c 1167,  1172 

not  entitled  to  pay  when,  &c 1168,  1169,  1171,  1174 

having  brevet  commissions  entitled  to  brevet  pay  when....  11 75 

charging  brevet  pay  to  state  the  command 1 178 

for  recruiting  service  detailed  by,  &c 1284 

intrusted  with  the  command  of  recruits  will  forward. 1358 

made  a  party  to  any  proceeding  in  a  civil  court 1365,  1366 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  DAY 

to  repair  to  the  office  of  commanding  officer 393 


INDEX.  XLS 

OFFICERS   OF  THE  DAY  No.  of  paragraph, 

to  see  that  the  officer  of  the  guard  is  furnished  with 

the  countersign,  &c 394 

to  visit  the  guards  day  and  night ...395 

to  make  remarks  on  the  guard  report 396 

is  charged  with  the  order  and  cleanliness  of  camp,  &c.  668,  577 
on  transports 838,  848 

OFFICER  OF  THE  GUARD, 

duties  of,  in  garrisons 397,  398,  399,  400 

duties  in  camp 575,  576,  577,  580,  581,  604,  605,  617 

on  transports,  to  be  officer  of  the  day 838 

ORDERS, 

enumeration  of 422 

general 423 

special 424 

to  be  read  by  the  officer,  &c 425 

form  of 426 

how  addressed 429 

assigning  officers  to  stations  to  be  given  by 430 

a  file  of  to  be  kept,  &c ; 431 

if  not  received  in  regular  succession,  to  be  reported,  &c 432 

orderly  hours  for  giving  and  receiving 433 

on  marches,  <fec.,  how  sent 434 

involving  expenditure  to  be  sent,  &c 437 

copies  of,  to  be  sent  to 438 

in  the  field,  to  be  carried  by 547,  54S 

marching,  execution  of,  not  to  be  delayed 681 

maybe  printed  by  order  of 1021 

ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT, 

officers  of,  though  eligible  to  command,  not  to  assume 

command  unless,  &c 14 

after  a  battle,  officers  of,  collect  the  munitions,  &c 722 

-    duties  of,  &c. 1228  to  1281 

ORDNANCE  SERGEANTS, 

how  selected  and  appointed 127,  128,  129 

appointment  and  removal  of,  to  be  reported 134 

to  be  dropped  from  company  rolls 134 

how  assigned  to  posts 130 

how  mustered  and  reported 139 

duties  of 135,  136, 137 

to  appear  under  arms 138 

maybe  re-enlisted,  not  discharged 131 


XX  INDEX. 

ORDNANCE    SERGEANTS,  No.  of  paragraph. 

caution  to  officers  in  recommending 132 

how  paid,  when  the  troops  are  withdrawn  from  the  post  ....14:0 
copy  of  enhstment  of,  to  be  sent 1312 

ORGANIZATION 

of  regiments 69  to  83 

of  brigades,  <fec.,  forbidden,  in  time  of  peace,  except  by 37 

of  divisions,  <fec.,  in  the  field 464  to  478 

OVENS 

may  be  built  or  paid  for  by page  212 

P. 

PARADE, 

forms  of 325  to  388 

arrangement  of  troops  on 471 

PARTIES, 

working V 883  to  890 

PARTISANS  AND  FLANKERS 655  to  667 

PAY, 

extra-duty,  to  soldiers 883 

no  extra  allowed  to  persons  whose  pay  is  fixed  by  law 

unless,  &c 905 

extra  for  re-enlisting,  &c 1191 

PAY  DEPARTMENT, 

officers  not  to  exercise  command  except,  &c 13 

extra-duty  pay  of  saddler  paid  by 887 

officers  of,  to  give  bonds 891 

chief  of,  shall  take  care  that  no  more  money  than  act- 
ually needed  is  in  the  hands  of,  &c 893 

chief  of,  to  regulate  the  employment  of  hired  persons 

required,  &c 912 

duties  of,  &c 1162  to  1210 

forms  of page  300  to  313 

PAY-ROLLS 

will  be  made  on  printed  forms,  &c 323 

of  men  on  extra  duty  to  be  made  monthly 913 

payments  to  be  made  on ., 1164 

payment  to  be  witnessed  by .,..a 1166 

stoppages  to  be  noted,  &c 1187,  1188 

of  militia  to  be  according  to  form 1209 

POLICE 

in  quarters 92,  93,  94 


POLICE  ^0-  of  paragraph. 

in  camp 568 

general 762  to  768 

on  transports 839,  842,  SU  to  857 

POSTAGE, 

public,  will  be  refunded 1029 

POSTS, 

intrenched 634  to  639 

PRECEDENCE 

of  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers 4  to  13 

of  troops  on  parade 471,  473 

when  two  corps  meet  on  the  same  road,  &c 696,  697,  698 

PRISONERS  OF  WAR, 

return  of,  to  be  made 460,  726 

to  be  disarmed 726 

private  property  respected 727 

exchanges  and  release  of,  depend  on 723 

PROMOTIONS 

of  officers 19,20 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY,  MONEY  AND  ACCOUNTS, 

return,  supervision  of,  &c 891  to  958 

PUBLICATIONS, 

what  character  of,  prohibited 210 

Q. 
QUARTERS, 

allowance  of , 963,  965,  966 

allotment  and  selection  of 970  to  973 

commutation  of ....974,  975,  976 

how  obtained 977 

furniture  for,  will  be  supplied  when 980 

when  vacated,  to  be  inspected  by .....985 

QUARTERMASTER'S  DEPARTMENT, 

officers  of,  though  eligible  to  command,  not  to  as- 
sume command  unless,  &c 14 

duties  of,  performed  by,  during  the  absence  of  Quar- 
termaster-General  16 

duties  of,  in  the  field 493,  494,  495,  716,  719,  720,  722 

officers  of,  have  charge  of  baggage  trains 754 

officers  of,  to  give  bonds 891 

chief  of,  to  take  care  that  no  more  funds  than  are 
needed  arc  in  the  hands  of  any  officer  of  the  de- 
partmenf 893 


XXll  INDEX. 

QUARTERMASTER'S  BEPARTiMENT,  No.  of  paragraph, 

chief  of,  to  regulate  the  employment  of  hired  persons 

required  for  the  administrative  service,  &c 912 

chief  of,  to  designate  where  purchases  shall  be  made 939 

duties  of  the 959  to  1058 

to  supply  store-room 1065 

to  procure  medical  supplies  when 1 107 

forms  for p^ge  137  to  205 

R. 
RANK, 

officers  and  non-commissioned  officers 4 

officers  of  same  date  of  commission 5 

officers  having  brevet  commissions,  &c 6 

officers  serving  by  commission  from  a  state 9 

brevet,  takes  effect  only 10,  11,  1170 

of  regiments  and  corps .- 471,  473 

RATION, 

forage 1010 

soldier's,  composition  of 1069,  1071 

of  men  absent  from  company 1081 

back  rations  may  be  drawn  if,  &c 1090 

may  be  commuted  when , 1091 

commuted  value  of 1091,  1093 

to  persons  employed  with  the  army page  212 

double,  are  allowed  to. 1179 

price  of,  to  be  placed  on  certificate 1196 

savings  on,  to  be  applied  to 1290 

RECONNAISSANCES, 

object  of,  &c 647  to  654 

RECRUITING  SERVICE, 

issues  of  subsistence  to  recruiting  parties 1081  to  1088 

how  conducted 1283  to  1364 

REGIMENTS, 

vacancies  in,  how  filled 19 

interior  management  of 69  to  82 

colors  of 1369  to  1373 

RESIGNATIONS 

of  officers 24  to  29 

RETURNS  AND  REPORTS, 

monthly,  of  posts,  &c.,  made  by  commanders 447  to  452 

annual,  to  exhibit,  &c 453 


INDEX.  xxiii 

RETURNS  AND  REPORTS  No  of  paragraph. 

of  deceased  soldiers 454 

field 455,456 

of  appointments,  removal,  &c.,  of  staff  officers,  changes 

of  troops,  &c.,  to  be  reported 458,  459 

of  prisoners  of  war  and  of  captured  property 460,  461,  726 

of  inspections,  to  exhibit,  &c 462,463,927 

of  inspections  to  be  made  by 476 

of  the  senior  officer  of  Engineers,  *&c.,  in  the  field 481 

of  reconnaissances 653,  654 

of  battles  are  made  by,  &c 723,  724,  725 

of  field  officer  of  the  trenches 811 

in  Quartermaster's  Department 1052,  1053,  1054,  1055 

in  Subsistence  Department 1097 

of  medical  purveyors 1110 

in  Pay  Department 1207 

of  officers   of  Engineers   and  Topographical  Engi- 
neers  1219  to  1225 

in  Ordnance  Department 1268  to  1275 

of  officers  on  recruiting  service 1325  to  1333 

REVIEW, 

form  of 339  to  364 

ROLL-CALLS, 

number  of,  &c 224,  225,  226 

ROSTER, 

principles  and  detail  of  the 553  to  563,  644 

Captains  to  be  added  to  that  of  Lieutenant-Colonel,  &c 595 

members  of  a  court-martial,  which  has  adjourned  for 

three  days,  liable  to  duty 882 

S. 

SAFEGUARDS, 

object  of,  &c 769  to  773 

SALUTES, 

at  posts,  in  honor  of. 248  to  260 

of  sentinels 410,  411 

SENTINELS, 

form  of  relieving 384 

time  of  relieving 380 

not  to  take  orders,  &c.,  except,  &c 403 

duties  of 404  to  419,  570  to  574,  611  to  616 

instructions  given  to,  to  be  reported 420 


XXIV  INDEX. 

SENTINELS,                                                                                 No.  of  paragraph. 
on  transports,  to  be  kept  over  the  fires 839 

SERVANTS, 

how  selected 120 

non-commissioned  officers  not  to  be  employed  as  waiters,  &C..122 
private,  not  soldiers,  not  to  wear  the  uniform  of  any  cori:)S  763 
medical  attendance  upon 1147,  1488 

SIEGES, 

instructions  for 774  to  818 

SIGNALS 222 

SOLDIERS, 

when  mustered  as  artificers 80 

to  wear  the  prescribed  uniform 110,  1344 

employed  as  company  clerk,  servant,  &c 118,  120,  121,  122 

how  transferred,  (fee 141  to  144 

deceased 148,  149,  150, 1124 

who  desert,  &c 151  to  158 

who  are  discharged,  &c 159,  166,  1124 

insane,  not  to  be  discharged 165 

on  furlough 182 

children  of,  expenses  of  at  post  school  how  paid 192 

in  confinement 215,  216 

to  salute  officers 246,  247 

returns  of  deceased 454 

|r  - 
as  orderlies ;" 483  to  487 

who  deserve  mention  for  conduct  in  action •*.*... ^ 724 

legal  punishments  for 876 

on  extra  duty 883  to  890 

charges  against,  to  be  placed  on  muster-roll 922 

transferred,  account  of  clothing  of 1046 

in  hospital,  how  mustered 1123 

may  re-enlist  in  company  or  regiment  vrithin  two  months  1313 

STANDARDS, 

description  of ." 1372 

STATIONERY,  &c.,  ^^^ 

allowance  of,  <fcc Mf. 1017  to  1023 

for  recruiting  service 1329 

STRAW, 

allowance  of,  &c 1013  to  1016 

SUBSISTENCE  DEPARTMENT, 

officers,  though  eligible  to  command,  not  to  assume 

command  unless,  <fec 14 


INDEX.  XXV 

SUBSISTENCE  DEPAETMENT,  No.  of  paragraph, 

senior  Lieutenant  present  holding  the  appointment  of 

Assistant  Commissary  of  Subsistence  to  perform  the 

duty 36 

chief  of,  to  take  care  that  no  officer  has  on  hand  more 

money  than  is  actually  needed,  etc 893 

chief  of,  to  regulate  the  appointment  of  hired  persons 

requisite 893 

chief  of,  to  designate  the  places  where  purchases  shall 

be  made 939 

duties  of 1059  to  1103 

forms  for page  212  to  241 

SUTLERS, 

how  appointed,  and  privileges,  &c 202  to  209 

T. 
TRANSFERS 

of  soldiers 141  to  144 

TRANSPORTATION, 

how  provided,  regulated,  &c 987  to  1009 

of  recruits,  how  procured  and  paid 1320,  1321 

no  expenses  of  officers  on  recruiting  service  will  be 

admitted  except 1322 

TRANSPORTS, 

troops  on  board  of 832  to  860 

«       cabin  passage  will  be  provided  for 998 

TRAVELING 

on  duty 168,  169 

TROOPS  IN  CAMPAIGN 464  to  831 

U. 
UNIFORM 

prescribed,  to  be  worn 109,  110 

UNIFORM  AND  DRESS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

See  Article  LI. 

W. 
WATCHWORDS, 

parole  and  countersign 549,  550,  551 

WORKING  PARTIES, 

allowance  to  men  employed  upon,  &c 883  to  890 


REGULATIONS 

FOB 

THE   ARMY. 


ARTICLE  I. 

MILITARY   DISCIPLINE. 

1 All  inferiors  are  required  to  obey  strictly,  and  to  execute 

with  alacrity  and  good  faith,  the  lawful  orders  of  the  superiors  ap- 
pointed over  them. 

2. . .  .Military  authority  is  to  be  exercised  with  firmness,  but  with 
kindness  and  justice  to  inferiors.  Punishments  shall  be  strictly  con- 
formable to  military  law. 

3 . . . .  Superiors  of  every  grade  are  forbid  to  injure  those  under 
them  by  tyrannical  or  capricious  conduct,  or  by  abusive  language. 

ARTICLE  IL 

RANK  AND   COMMAND. 

4. . .  .Rank  of  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  : 

1st.  Lieutenant-General.  10th.  Cadet. 

2d.  Major-General.  11th.  Sergeant-Major. 

3d.  Brigadier-General.  12th.  Quartermaster- Sergeant  of 

4:th.  Colonel.  a  Regiment. 

5th.  Lieutenant-Colonel.  13th.  Ordnance     Sergeant     and 

6th.  Major.  Hospital  Steward. 

7th.  Captain.  14th.  Eirst  Sergeant. 

8th.  First  Lieutenant.  15th.  Sergeant. 

9th.  Second  Lieutenant.  16th.  Corporal. 

And  in  each  grade  by  date  of  commission  or  appointment. 

6.  . .  .When  commissions  are  of  the  same  date,  the  rank  is  to  be 
decided,  between  officers  of  the  same  regiment  or  corps  by  the  order 
of  appointment ;  between  officers  of  different  regiments  or  corps :  1  st. 
by  rank  in  actual  service  when  appointed ;  2d.  by  former  rank  and 

A 


2  Bank ....  Command. 

service  in  the  army  or  marine  corps ;  3d.  by  lottery  among  such  as 
have  not  been  in  the  miUtary  service  of  the  United  States.  In  case 
of  equality  of  rank  by  virtue  of  a  brevet  commission,  reference  is  had 
to  commissions  not  brevet. 

6 Officers  having  brevets,  or  commissions  of  a  prior  date  to 

those  of  the  regiment  in  which  they  serve,  may  take  place  in  courts- 
martial  and  on  detachments,  when  composed  of  different  coi-ps,  ac- 
cording to  the  ranks  given  them  in  their  brevets  or  dates  of  their 
former  commissions ;  but  in  the  regiment,  troop,  or  company  to 
which  such  officers  belong,  they  shall  do  duty  and  take  rank  both 
in  courts-martial  and  on  detachments  which  shall  be  composed  only 
of  their  own  corps,  according  to  the  commissions  by  which  they  are 
mustered  in  the  said  corps. — (Joist  Art.  of  TFar.) 

7 .  ...  If,  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  different  corps  of 
the  army  shall  happen  to  join,  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer  highest 
in  rank  of  the  line  of  the  army,  marine  corps,  or  militia,  by  commis- 
sion, there  on  duty  or  in  quarters,  shall  command  the  whole,  and 
give  orders  for  what  is  needful  to  the  service,  unless  otherwise  spe- 
cially directed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  according  to 
the  nature  of  the  case. — (62c?  Art.  of  War.) 

8 .  . . .  An  officer  not  having  orders  from  competent  authority  can 
not  put  himself  on  duty  by  virtue  of  his  commission  alone. 

9 . . . .  Officers  serving  hy  commission  from  any  state  of  the  Union 
take  rank  next  after  officers  of  the  like  grade  hy  commission  from  the 
United  States. 

10 Brevet  rank  takes  effect  only  in  the  following  cases :  1st.  by 

special  assignment  of  the  President  in  commands  composed  of  differ- 
ent corps ;  2d.  on  courts-martial  or  detachments  composed  of  different 
corps.  Troops  are  on  detachment  only  when  sent  out  temporarily  to 
perform  a  special  service. 

11. . .  .In  regularly  constituted  commands,  as  garrisons,  posts,  de- 
partments ;  companies,  battalions,  regiments ;  corps,  brigades,  divis- 
ions, army  corps,  or  the  army  itself,  brevet  rank  can  not  be  exercised 
except  by  special  assignment. 

12 The  officers  of  Engineers  are  not  to  assume  nor  to  be  or- 
dered on  any  duty  beyond  the  line  of  their  immediate  profession, 
except  by  the  special  order  of  the  President. 

13 ... .  An  officer  of  the  Pay  or  Medical  Department  can  not  ex- 
ercise command  except  in  his  own  department. 

14 ... ,  Officers  of  the  corps  of  Engineers  or  Ordnance,  or  of  the 
Adjutant-General's,  Inspector-General's,  Quartermaster-General's,  or 
Subsistence  Department,  though  eligible  to  command  according  to 


Succession  in  Duties ....  Appointments.  3 

the  rank  they  hold  in  ifte  army  of  the  United  States,  and  not  subject 
to  the  orders  of  a  junior  officer,  shall  not  assume  the  command  of 
troops  unless  put  on  duty  under  orders  which  specially  so  direct  by 
authority  of  the  President. 

ARTICLE  m. 

SUCCESSION   IN   COMMAND  OR  DUTY. 

15. . .  .The  functions  assigned  to  any  officer  in  these  regulations  by 
title  of  office  devolve  on  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  except  as 
specially  excepted. 

16 During  the  absence  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  or  the 

chief  of  any  military  bureau  of  the  War  Department,  his  duties  in 
the  bureau,  prescribed  by  law  or  regulations,  devolve  on  the  officer  of 
his  department  empowered  by  the  President  to  perform  them  in  his 
absence.     (Act  July  4,  1836.) 

17. . .  .An  officer  who  succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty  stands  in 
regard  to  his  duties  in  the  same  situation  as  his  predecessor.  The 
officer  relieved  shall  turn  over  to  his  successor  all  orders  in  force  at 
the  time,  and  all  the  public  property  and  funds  pertaining  to  his  com- 
mand or  duty,  and  shall  receive  therefor  duplicate  receipts,  showing 
the  condition  of  each  article. 

18 ... .  An  officer  in  a  temporary  command  shall  not,  except  in 
urgent  cases,  alter  or  annul  the  standing  orders  of  the  regular  or 
permanent  commander  without  authority  from  the  next  higher  com- 
mander. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

APPOINTMENT  AND   PROMOTION   OP   COMMISSIONED   OFFICERS. 

19 All  vacancies  in  established  regiments   and  corps,  to  the 

rank  of  Colonel,  shall  be  filled  by  promotion  according  to  seniority, 
except  in  case  of  disability  or  other  incompetency. 

20 ... .  Promotions  to  the  rank  of  Captain  shall  be  made  regiment- 
ally  ;  to  Major  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Colonel,  according  to  the 
arm,  as  infantry,  artillery,  &c.,  and  in  the  Staff  Departments  and  in 
the  Engineers,  Topographical  Engineers,  and  Ordnance,  according  to 
corps. 

21 Appointments  to  the  rank  of  Brigadier-General  and  Major- 

General  will  be  made  by  selection  from  the  army. 

22 The  graduates  of  the  Military  Academy  are  appointed  to 

Vacancies  of  the  lowest  grade,  or  attached  by  brevet  to  regiments  or 
corps,  not  to  exceed  one  brevet  to  each  company ;  and  meritorious 
non-commissioned  officers,  examined  by  an  Army  Board,  and  found 


4  Resignations ....  Exchanges. 

qualified  for  the  duties  of  commissioned  officfrs,  will,  in  like  manner, 
be  attached  to  regiments  as  Brevet  Second  Lieutenants. 

23 Whenever  the  public  service  may  require  the  apjDointment 

of  any  citizen  to  the  army,  a  Board  of  Officers  will  be  instituted, 
before  which  the  applicant  will  appear  for  an  examination  into  his 
physical  ability,  moral  character,  attainments,  and  general  fitness  for 
the  service.  If  the  Board  report  in  favor  of  the  applicant,  he  will  be 
deemed  eligible  for  a  commission  in  the  army. 

ARTICLE  V. 

RESIGNATIONS    OP   OFFICERS. 

24 ... .  No  officer  will  be  considered  out  of  service  on  the  tender  of 
his  resignation,  until  it  shall  have  been  duly  accepted  by  the  proper 
authority. 

25 ... .  Resignations  will  be  forwarded  by  the  commanding  officer  to 
the  Adjutant -General  of  the  army  for  decision  at  the  War  Depart- 
ment. 

26 ... .  Resignations  tendered  under  charges,  when  forwarded  by  any 
commander,  will  always  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  charges ; 
or,  in  the  absence  of  written  charges,  by  a  report  of  the  case,  for  the 
information  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

27 ... .  Before  presenting  the  resignation  of  any  officer,  the  Adju- 
tant-General will  ascertain  and  report  to  the  War  Department  the 
state  of  such  officer's  accounts  of  money,  as  weU  as  of  public  proper- 
ty, for  which  he  may  have  been  responsible. 

28 In  time  of  war,  or  -svith  an  army  in  the  field,  resignations 

shall  take  effect  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  the  order  of  ac- 
ceptance. 

29 ... .  Leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  by  commanding  of- 
ficers to  officers  on  tendering  their  resignation,  unless  the  resignation 
be  unconditional  and  immediate. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

EXCHANGE    OR   TRANSFER   OF   OFFICERS. 

30 The  transfer  of  officers  from  one  regiment  or  corps  to  an- 
other will  be  made  only  by  the  War  Department,  on  the  mutual  ap- 
plication of  the  parties  desiring  the  exchange. 

31.... An  officer  shall  not  be  transferred  from  one  regiment  or 
corps  to  another  with  prejudice  to  the  rank  of  any  officer  of  the  regi- 
ment or  corps  to  which  he  is  transferred. 


I 


Staff  Appointments ....  Care  of  Fortifications,  5 

AETICLE  VII. 

APPOINTMENTS   ON  THE    STAFF. 

32.... As  far  as  practicable,  all  appointments  and  details  on  the 
staff  will  be  equalized  on  the  several  regiments. 

33 General  Officers  appoint  their  own  Aides-de-camp. 

34. . .  .An  officer  shall  not  fill  any  staff  appointment,  or  other  situa- 
tion, the  duties  of  which  will  detach  him  from  his  company,  regiment^ 
or  corps,  until  he  has  served  at  least  three  years  with  his  regiment  or 
corps ;  nor  shall  any  officer  (aides-de-camp  excepted)  so  remain  de- 
tached longer  than  four  years. 

35. . .  .An  officer  of  a  mounted  corps  shall  not  be  separated  from 
his  regiment,  except  for  duty  connected  with  his  particular  arm. 

36 The  senior  Lieutenant  present,  holding  the  appointment  of 

Assistant  Commissary  of  Subsistence,  is  entitled  to  perform  the  du' 
ties. 

ABTICLE  Vm. 

DISTKIBUTION   OF   THE    TROOPS. 

37.... The  military  geographical  departments  will  be  established 
by  the  War  Department.  In  time  of  peace,  brigades  or  divisions  will 
not  be  formed,  nor  the  stations  of  the  troops  changed,  without  author- 
ity from  the  War  Department. 

AETICLE  IX. 

CARE    OF   FORTIFICATIONS. 

88 . . .  .No  person  shall  be  permitted  to  walk  upon  any  of  the  slopes 
of  a  fortification,  excepting  the  ramps  and  glacis.  If,  in  any  case,  it 
be  necessary  to  provide  for  crossing  them,  it  should  be  done  by  pla- 
cing wooden  steps  or  stairs  against  the  slopes.  The  occas/owa^  walking 
of  persons  on  a  parapet  will  do  no  harm,  provided  it  be  not  allowed 
to  cut  the  surface  into  paths. 

39 ....  No  cattle,  horses,  sheep,  goat,  or  other  animal,  shall  ever  be 
permitted  to  go  upon  the  slopes,  the  ramparts,  or  the  parapets,  nor 
upon  the  glacis,  except  within  fenced  limits,  which  should  not  ap- 
proach the  crest  nearer  than  30  feet. 

40.  . .  .AH  grassed  surfaces,  excepting  the  'ifiacis,  will  be  carefully 
and  frequently  mowed  (except  in  dry  weathei),  and  the  oftener  the 
better,  while  growing  rapidly — the  grass  never  being  allowed  to  be 
more  than  a  few  inches  high.  In  order  to  cut  the  grass  even  and 
close,  upon  small  slopes  a  light  one-handed  scythe  should  be  used ; 
and  in  mowing  the  steep  slopes,  the  mower  should  stand  on  a  light 


6  Care  of  Fortifications, 

ladder  resting  against  the  slope,  and  not  upon  the  grass.  Crops  of 
hay  may  be  cut  on  the  glacis  ;  or,  if  fenced,  it  may  be  used  as  pas- 
ture ;  otherwise  it  should  be  treated  as  other  slopes  of  the  fortifica- 
tion. On  all  the  slopes,  spots  of  dead  grass  will  be  cut  out  and  re- 
placed by  fresh  sods.  All  weeds  will  be  eradicated.  A  very'  little 
labor,  applied  steadily  and  judiciously,  will  maintain  the  grassed  sur- 
faces, even  of  the  largest  of  our  forts,  in  good  condition. 

41 ... .  The  burning  of  gi*ass  upon  any  portion  of  a  fortification  is 
strictly  forbidden. 

42 Particular  attention  is  required  to  prevent  the  formation  of 

gullies  in  the  parade,  terreplein,  and  ramps,  and  especially  in  slopes 
where  grass  is  not  well  established.  If  neglected,  they  soon  involve 
heavy  expense. 

43 Earth,  sand,  or  ashes  must  not  be  placed  against  wood- 
work ;  a  free  ventilation  must  be  preserved  around  it ;  and  all  wood- 
en floors,  platforms,  bridges,  &,c.,  will  be  kept  clean  swept. 

44 ... .  The  machinery  of  draw-bridges,  gates,  and  posterns  must 
be  kept  in  good  working  order  by  proper  cleaning  and  oiling  of  the 
parts ;  the  bridges  will  be  raised,  and  the  gates  and  posterns  opened 
as  often,  as  once  a  week. 

45 The  terrepleins  of  forts,  the  floors  of  casemates,  caponniers, 

store-rooms,  barracks,  galleries,  posterns,  magazines,  &c.,  and  the 
sidewalks  in  front  of  quarters  and  barracks,  as  well  as  other  walks, 
are  sometimes  paved  with  bricks  or  stones,  or  formed  of  concrete. 
These  surfaces  must  be  preserved  from  injury  with  great  care.  In 
transporting  guns  and  carriages,  and  in  mounting  them,  strong  way- 
planks  will  be  used,  and  neither  the  wheels  nor  any  other  part  of  the 
carriages,  nor  any  machinery,  such  as  shears,  gins,  &c.,  nor  any  hand- 
spike or  other  implements,  wiU  be  allowed  to  touch  those  surfaces. 
Unless  protected  in  a  similar  manner,  no  wheel-barrow  or  other 
vehicle,  no  barrels,  hogsheads,  &c.,  will  be  rolled  upon  these  surfaces. 
No  violent  work  will  be  suffered  to  be  done  upon  them,  such  as  cut- 
ting wood,  breaking  coal,  &c.,  and  no  heavy  weight  be  thrown  or  per- 
mdtted  to  fall  thereon.  In  using  machines,  as  gins,  &c.,  in  case- 
mates, care  must  be  taken  not  to  injure  the  arch  or  ceiling,  as  well  as 
the  floor.  Neglect  of  these  precautions  may  cause  injuries  slight  in 
appearance  but  serious  in  effect  from  the  leaking  of  water  into  ma- 
sonry and  casemates,  and  expensive  to  repair. 

46 ... .  The  doors  and  windows  of  all  store-rooms  and  unoccupied 
casemates,  quarters,  barracks,  &c.,  will  be  opened  several  times  a 
week  for  thorough  ventilation. 

47 The  masonry  shot-furnaces  will  be  heated  only  on  the  ap- 


Care  of  Armaments  and  Ammunitum,  7 

proach  of  an  enemy.  For  ordinary  practice  with  hot  shot,  iron  fur- 
naces are  provided. 

48 ... .  The  foregoing  matters  involve  but  little  expense  ;  the  labor 
is  within  the  means  of  every  garrison,  and  no  technical  knowledge  is 
called  for  beyond  what  will  be  found  among  soldiers.  Other  repairs 
requiring  small  disbursements,  such  as  repainting  exposed  wood  or 
iron  work,  can  be  also  executed  by  the  garrison;  but  reports,  esti- 
mates, and  requisitions  may  be  necessary  to  obtain  the  materials. 

49 No  alteration  will  be  made  in  any  fortification,  or  in  its 

casemates,  quarters,  barracks,  magazines,  store-houses,  or  any  other 
building  belonging  to  it ;  nor  will  any  building  of  any  kind,  or  work 
of  earth,  masonry,  or  timber  be  erected  within  the  fortification,  or  on 
its  exterior  within  half  a  mile,  except  under  the  superintendence  of 
the  Engineer  Department,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

ARTICLE  X. 

CARE   OF   ARMAMENT   OF  FORTIFICATIONS. 

50 ....  At  each  permanent  post  with  a  fixed  battery,  and  garrisoned 
by  not  more  than  one  company,  there  will  be  kept  mounted,  for  pur- 
poses of  instruction  and  target  practice,  thf^ee  heavy  guns,  and  at  posts 
garrisoned  by  more  than  one  company,  at  the  rate  of  two  for  each  of 
the  companies  composing  its  garrison.  The  other  guns  dismounted 
will  be  liToperly  placed  (see  page  21,  Ordnance  Manual  for  1850) 
within  their  own  traverse  circles,  and  the  carriages  preserved  from  the 
weather. 

51 All  guns  should  be  sponged  clean  and  their  vents  examined 

to  see  that  they  are  clear.  The  chassis  should  be  traversed  and  left 
in  a  different  position,  the  top  candage  moved  backward  and  forward 
and  left  alternately  over  the. front  and  rear  transoms  of  the  chassis; 
the  elevating  screws  or  machines  wiped  clean,  worked  and  oiled  if  re- 
quired, and  the  nuts  of  all  bolts  screwed  up  tight.  This  should  all  be 
done  regularly  once  in  every  week. 

52 ... .  When  tarpaulins,  or  pent  houses,  are  placed  over  the  guns, 
they  should  be  removed  once  a  week  when  the  weather  is  fair,  the 
carriages  and  guns  brushed  off',  and,  if  damp,  allowed  to  dry. 

53.  . .  .An  old  sponge-staff'  and  head  should  be  used  for  drill.  The 
new  sponges  should  never  be  used  unless  the  gun  is  fired.  The  im- 
plements should  be  kept  in  store,  under  cover,  and  be  examined, 
wiped  clean  or  brushed  at  least  once  a  month.  In  the  case  of  leather 
equipments,  the  directions  for  the  preservation  of  harness  in  the  Ord- 
nance Manual  should  be  followed. 


8  Artillery  Practice, 

54 The  magazine  should  be  frequently  examined  to  see  that  the 

powder  is  well  preserved.  It  should  be  opened  every  other  day  when 
the  air  is  dry  and  clear.  Barrels  of  powder  should  be  turned  and 
rolled  occasionally.  Under  ordinary  circumstances,  only  a  few  car- 
tridges should  be  kept  filled.  If  the  paper  body  of  the  cartridge  be- 
comes soft  or  loses  its  sizing,  it  is  certain  that  the  magazine  is  very 
damp,  and  some  means  should  be  found  to  improve  the  ventilation. 
Cartridge  bags  may  be  kept  in  the  magazine  ready  for  filling ;  also 
port-fires,  fuzes,  tubes,  and  primers.  Stands  of  grape,  canisters,  and 
wads  for  barbette  guns,  should  be  kept  in  store  with  the  implements. 
For  casemate  guns,  w^ads  may  be  hung  in  bundles,  and  grape  and  can- 
isters placed  near  the  guns.  Shot,  well  lacquered  and  clean,  may  be 
placed  in  piles  near  the  guns. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

ARTILLERY   PRACTICE. 

55 At  all  posts  with  fixed  batteries,  the  position  of  every  gun, 

mounted  or  to  be  mounted,  will  have  its  number,  and  this  number  be 
placed  on  the  gun  w^hen  in  position. 

6Q. . .  .For  every  such  work  a  post-book  of  record  will  be  kept,  un- 
der the  direction  of  the  commander  of  the  post,  in  which  will  be  duly 
entered — the  number  of  each  mounted  gun,  its  calibre,  weight,  names 
of  founder  and  its  inspector,  and  other  marks ;  the  description  of  its 
carriage  and  date  of  reception  at  the  post ;  where  from ;  and  the 
greatest  field  of  fire  of  the  gun  in  its  position. 

57. . .  .Every  commander  of  a  fort  or  other  fixed  battery  will,  be- 
fore entering  on  artillery  practice,  carefully  reconnoitre  and  cause  to 
be  sketched  for  his  record-book,  the  water-channels  with  their  sound- 
ings, and  other  approaches  to  the  work.  Buoys  or  marks  will  be 
placed  at  the  extreme  and  intermediate  ranges  of  the  guns,  and  these 
marks  be  numerically  noted  on  the  sketch.  A  buoy  at  every  five 
hundred  yards  may  suffice. 

58 At  the  time  of  practice,  a  distinct  and  careful  note  will  be 

made  for  the  record-book  of  eveiy  shot  or  shell  that  may  be  throTVTi, 
designating  the  guns  fired  by  their  numbers,  the  charges  of  powder 
used,  the  times  of  flight  of  shots  and  shells,  the  ranges  and  ricochets, 
and  the  positions  of  guns  in  respect  to  the  horizontal  and  vertical  lines. 

59 ... .  The  time  of  flight  of  a  shell  may  be  noted  with  sufficient  ac- 
curacy by  a  stop-watch,  or  by  counting  the  beats  (previously  ascertain- 
ing their  value)  of  other  watches,  and  the  range  may  sometimes  be 
computed  by  the  time  of  flight.  Other  modes  of  ascertaining  the 
range  will  readily  occur  to  officers  of  science. 


Artillery  Practice »  9 

60 When  charged  shells  with  fuzes  are  thrown,  the  time  of 

bursting  will  be  noted.  If  they  are  intended  to  fall  on  land,  only  a 
blowing  charge  will  be  given  to  the  shells,  so  that  they  may  be  pick- 
ed up  for  further  use. 

61 On  filling  from  the  barrel,  the  proof  range  of  powder  will  be 

marked  on  the  cartridges. 

62. . .  .The  general  objects  of  this  practice  are — to  give  to  officers 
and  men  the  ready  and  effective  use  of  batteries ;  to  preserve  on  rec- 
ord the  more  important  results  for  the  benefit  of  the  same,  or  future 
commanders,  and  to  ascertain  the  efficiency  of  guns  and  carriages. 

63 ... .  Commanders  of  field  artillery  will  also  keep  registers  of 
their  practice,  so  that  not  a  shot  or  shell  shall  be  thrown  in  the 
Army,  for  instruction,  without  distinct  objects,  such  as  range,  accu- 
racy of  aim,  number  of  ricochets,  time  of  bursting,  in  the  case  of 
shells,  &c. 

64.  . .  .Every  company  with  a  field  battery  will  be  allowed  for  an- 
nual practice  500  blank  cartridges  and  a  third  of  that  number  of 
shot  or  shell.  Companies  with  fixed  batteries  will  be  allowed  100 
cartridges  each,  with  seventy-five  shots  or  shells.  This  ammunition 
will  be  expended  in  equal  parts  in  the  three  months  designated  be- 
low, and  if  the  company  be  mounted,  eight  blank  cartridges  will  be 
allowed  for  each  of  the  other  months  in  the  year.  This  allowance  is 
intended  only  for  companies  permanently ^Qxymg  with  batteries.  The 
firing  with  field-guns  by  other  Artillery  companies  must  be  confined 
to  blank  cartridges. 

65.... For  all  Artillery  there  will  be  annually  three  periods  of 
practice  in  firing — April,  June,  and  October  for  the  latitude  of  Wash- 
ington and  south  ;  and  May,  July,  and  September  north  of  that  lat- 
itude. 

66.  . .  .At  the  termination  of  each  period  of  practice,  the  com- 
manding officers  of  posts  will  transmit  to  the  Adjutant-General  full 
reports  of  the  results,  in  order  that  proper  tabular  statements  may  be 
prepared  for  the  War  Department. 

67.  . .  .To  determine  accuracy  of  aim  in  firing  shot  and  shell, 
butts  or  targets  will  be  used.  Where  no  natural  butt  presents  itself, 
targets  will  be  erected.  A  form  for  floating  targets  will  be  sent  to 
the  commanders  of  the  several  forts. 

68 ....  As  practice  in  gunnery  is  a  heavy  expense  to  government, 
commanders  of  companies  and  their  immediate  superiors  are  charged 
with  the  strict  execution  of  the  foregoing  details ;  and  all  officers  au- 
thorized to  make  tours  of  inspection  will  report,  through  the  pre- 
scribed  channels,  on  such  execution. 

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10  Regiments, 

ARTICLE  Xn. 

REGIMENTS. 

69 On  the  organization  of  a  regiment,  the  companies  receive  a 

permanent  designation  by  letters  beginning  with  A,  and  the  officers 
are  assigned  to  companies ;  afterward,  company  officers  succeed  to 
companies,  as  promoted  to  fill  vacancies.  Companies  take  place  in 
the  battalion  according  to  the  rank  of  their  captains. 

70 ... ,  Captains  must  serve  with  their  companies.  Though  subject 
to  the  temporary  details  of  service,  as  for  courts-martial,  military 
boards,  «S;c.,  they  shall  not  be  detailed  for  any  duty  which  may  sep- 
arate them  for  any  considerable  time  from  their  companies. 

71 ... .  The  commander  of  a  regiment  will  appoint  the  adjutant 
from  the  subalterns  of  the  regiment.  He  will  nominate  the  regi- 
mental quarter-master  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  appointment  if  ap- 
proved. He  will  appoint  the  non-commissioned  staff  of  the  regiment ; 
and,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  company  commanders,  the 
sergeants  and  corporals  of  companies. 

72 ....  In  cases  of  vacancy,  and  till  a  decision  can  be  had  from 
regimental  head-quarters,  the  company  commanders  may  make  tem- 
porary appointments  of  non-commissioned  officers. 

73 Commanders  of  regiments  are  enjoined  to  avail  themselves 

of  every  opportunity  of  instructing  both  officers  and  men  in  the  exer- 
cise and  management  of  field  artillery ;  and  all  commanders  ought  to 
encourage  useful  occupations,  and  manly  exercises,  and  diversions 
among  their  men,  and  to  repress  dissipation  and  immorality. 

74. ..  .It  is  enjoined  upon  all  officers  to  be  cautious  in  reproving 
non-commissioned  officers  in  the  presence  or  hearing  of  privates,  lest 
their  authority  be  weakened ;  and  non-commissioned  officers  are  not 
to  be  sent  to  the  guard-room  and  mixed  with  privates  during  confine- 
ment, but  be  considered  as  placed  in  arrest,  except  in  aggravated 
cases,  where  escape  may  be  apprehended. 

75 Non-commissioned  officers  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by 

the  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  by  order  of  the  commander  of  the 
regiment  on  the  application  of  the  company  commander.  If  re- 
duced to  the  ranks  by  garrison  courts,  at  posts  not  the  head-quarters 
of  the  regiment,  the  company  commander  will  immediately  foi-ward  a 
transcript  of  the  order  to  the  regimental  commander. 

76 Every  non-commissioned  officer  shall  be  furnished  with  a 

certificate  or  warrant  of  his  rank,  signed  by  the  colonel  and  counter- 
signed by  the  adjutant.    Blank  warrants,  on  parchment,  are  furnish- 


Regiments,  11 

ed  from  the  Adjutant-General's  office.     The  firsts  or  orderly  ser- 
geant, will  be  selected  by  the  captain  from  the  sergeants. 

77 ... .  When  it  is  desired  to  have  bands  of  music  for  regiments, 
there  will  be  allowed  for  each,  sixteen  privates  to  act  as  musicians,  in 
addition  to  the  chief  musicians  authorized  by  law,  provided  the  total 
number  of  privates  in  the  regiment,  including  the  band,  does  not  ex- 
ceed the  legal  standard. 

•  78 ; . . .  The  musicians  of  the  band  will,  for  the  time  being,  be  drop- 
ped from  company  muster-rolls,  but  they  will  be  instructed  as  sol- 
diers, and  liable  to  serve  in  the  ranks  on  any  occasion.  They  will  be 
mustered  in  a  separate  squad  under  the  chief  musician,  with  the  non- 
commissioned staff,  and  be  included  in  the  aggregate  in  all  regiment- 
al returns. 

79.  . .  .When  a  regiment  occupies  several  stations,  the  band  will  be 
kept  at  the  head-quarters,  joro?;io?eo?  troops  (one  or  more  companies) 
be  serving  there.  The  field  music  belonging  to  companies  not  sta- 
tioned at  regimental  head-quarters  will  not  be  separated  from  their 
respective  companies. 

80.  ...No  man,  unless  he  be  a  carpenter,  joiner,  carriage-maker, 
blacksmith,  saddler,  or  harness-maker,  will  be  mustered  as  an  "  art- 
ificer." 

81.  . .  .Every  article,  excepting  arms  and  accoutrements,  belonging 
to  the  regiment,  is  to  be  marked  with  the  number  and  name  of  the 
regiment. 

82 ... .  Such  articles  as  belong  to  companies  are  to  be  marked  with 
the  letter  of  the  company,  and  number  and  name  of  the  regiment ; 
and  such  as  belong  to  men,  with  their  individual  numbers,  and  the 
letter  of  the  company. 

83 ... .  The  books  for  each  regiment  shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  General  Order  Book,  of  three  quires  of  paper,  16  inches  by  10^ 
inches,  to  contain  all  orders  and  circulars  from  general,  de- 
partment, division,  or  brigade  head-quarters,  with  an  index. 

2.  Regimental  Order  Book,  of  three  quires  of  paper,  16  inches  by 
lOi  inches,  to  contain  regimental  orders,  with  an  index. 

3.  Letter  Book,  of  three  quires  of  paper,  16  inches  by  10\:  inches, 
to  contain  the  correspondence  of  the  commanding  officer  on 
regimental  subjects,  with  an  index. 

4.  An  index  of  letters  required  to  be  kept  on  file,  in  the  follow- 
ing form ; 


12  Post  Books. . .  .  Companies, 


No. 

Name  of  writer. 

Date.           j                         Subject.                         1 

1 
2 
3 
4 

Captain  A.  B 

Adjt.  Gen.  R.  J... 

Captain  F.G 

Lieutenant  C.  D.. 

July  15,  1846 
Sept.    4,  1846 
Oct.    11,  1846 
Nov.     2,  1846 

Appoin't  of  non-com.  officers. 
Recruiting  service. 
Error  in  company  return. 
Application  for  leave. 

The  date  of  receipt  should  be  indorsed  on  all  letters.  They  should 
be  numbered  to  correspond  with  the  index,  and  filed  in  regular  order, 
for  easy  reference. 

5.  Descriptive  Book,  of  five  quires  of  paper,  16  inches  by  10^ 
inches,  to  contain  a  list  of  the  officers  of  the  regiment,  with 
their  rank,  and  dates  of  appointment,  and  promotions  ;  trans- 
fers, leaves  of  absence,  and  places  and  dates  of  birth.  To  con- 
tain, also,  the  names  of  all  enlisted  soldiers,  entered  according 
to  priority  of  enlistments,  giving  their  description,  the  dates 
and  periods  of  their  enlistment ;  and,  under  the  head  of 
remarks,  the  cause  of  discharge,  character,  death,  desertion, 
transfer ;  in  short,  every  thing  relating  to  their  military  his- 
tory. This  book  to  be  indexed. 
One  copy  -of  the  monthly  returns  will  be  filed. 

POST  BOOKS. 

84 ... .  The  following  books  will  be  kept  at  each  post :  a  Morning 
Report  Book,  a  Guard  Report  Book,  an  Order  Book,  a  Letter  Book, 
each  two  quires  foolscap  ;  also  copies  of  the  monthly  post  returns. 

ARTICLE  Xm. 

COMPANIES. 

85 ... .  The  captain  will  cause  the  men  of  the  company  to  be  num- 
bered, in  a  regular  series,  including  the  non-commissioned  officers, 
and  divided  into  four  squads,  each  to  be  put  under  the  charge  of  a 
non-commissioned  officer. 

86 ... .  Each  subaltern  officer  will  be  charged  with  a  squad  for  the 
supervision  of  its  order  and  cleanliness ;  and  captains  will  require 
their  lieutenants  to  assist  them  in  the  performance  of  all  company 
duties. 

87. ..  .As  far  -as  practicable,  the  men  of  each  squad  will  be  quarter- 
ed together. 

88 ... .  The  utmost  attention  will  be  paid  by  commanders  of  com- 
panies to  the  cleanliness  of  their  men,  as  to  their  persons,  clothing, 
arms,  accoutrements,  and  equipments,  and  also  as  to  their  quarters  or 
tents. 


Companies,  13 

89 The  name  of  each  soldier  will  be  labeled  on  his  bunk,  and 

his  company  number  will  be  placed  against  his  arms  and  accoutre- 
ments. 

90 The  arms  will  be  placed  in  the  arm-racks,  the  stoppers  in  the 

muzzles,  the  cocks  let  down,  and  the  bayonets  in  their  scabbards ;  the 
accoutrements  suspended  over  the  arms,  and  the  swords  hung  up  by 
the  belts  on  pegs. 

91.  . .  .The  knapsack  of  each  man  will  be  placed  on  the  lower  shelf 
of  his  bunk,  at  its  foot,  packed  with  his  eifects,  and  ready  to  be  slung ; 
the  great-coat  on  the  same  shelf,  rolled  and  strapped ;  the  coat,  folded 
inside  out,  and  placed  under  the  knapsack ;  the  cap  on  the  second  or 
upper  shelf ;  and  the  boots  well  cleaned. 

92 Dirty  clothes  will  be  kept  in  an  appropriate  part  of  the  knap- 
sack ;  no  article  of  any  kind  to  be  put  under  the  bedding. 

93 ... .  Cooking  utensils  and  table  equipage  will  be  cleaned  and  ar- 
ranged in  closets  or  recesses ;  blacking  and  brushes  out  of  view ;  the 
fuel  in  boxes. 

94 Ordinarily  the  cleaning  will  be  on  Saturdays.     The  chiefs  of 

.squads  will  cause  bunks  and  bedding  to  be  overhauled ;  floors  dry 
rubbed;  tables  and  benches  scoured;  arms  cleaned;  accoutrements 
whitened  and  polished,  and  every  thing  put  in  order. 

95 ... .  Where  conveniences  for  bathing  are  to  be  had,  the  men  should 
bathe  once  a  week.  The  feet  to  be  washed  at  least  twice  a  week. 
The  hair  kept  short,  and  beard  neatly  trimmed. 

96. . .  .Non-commissioned  officers,  in  command  of  squads,  will  be 
held  more  immediately  responsible  that  their  men  observe  what  is  pre- 
scribed above  ;  that  they  wash  their  hands  and  faces  daily ;  that  they 
brush  or  comb  their  heads ;  that  those  who  are  to  go  on  duty  put  their 
arms,  accoutrements,  dress,  &c.,  in  the  best  order,  and  that  such  as 
have  permission  to  pass  the  chain  of  sentinels  are  in  the  dress  that 
may  be  ordered. 

97.  . . .  Commanders  of  companies  and  squads  will  see  that  the  arms 
and  accoutrements  in  possession  of  the  men  are  always  kept  in  good 
order,  and  that  proper  care  be  taken  in  cleaning  them. 

98.  . .  .When  belts  are  given  to  a  soldier,  the  captain  will  see  that 
they  are  properly  fitted  to  the  body ;  and  it  is  forbidden  to  cut  any 
belt  without  his  sanction. 

99 Cartridge-boxes  and  bayonet-scabbards  will  be  polished  with 

blacking ;  varnish  is  injurious  to  the  leather,  and  will  not  be  used. 

100.  . .  .All  arms  in  the  hands  of  the  troops,  whether  browned  or 
bright,  will  be  kept  in  the  state  in  which  they  are  issued  by  the  Ord- 
nance Department.    Arms  will  not  be  taken  to  pieces  without  pennis- 


14  Companies. 

sion  of  a  commissioned  officer.  Bright  barrels  will  be  kept  clean  and 
free  from  rust  without  polishing  them ;  care  should  be  taken  in  rub- 
bing not  to  bruise  or  bend  the  barrel.  After  firing,  wash  out  the  bore ; 
wipe  it  dry,  and  then  pass  a  bit  of  cloth,  slightly  greased,  to  the  bot- 
tom. In  these  operations,  a  rod  of  wood  with  a  loop  in  one  end  is  to 
be  used  instead  of  the  rammer.  The  barrel,  when  not  in  use,  will  be 
closed  with  a  stopper.  For  exercise,  each  soldier  should  keep  him- 
self provided  with  a  piece  of  sole  leather  to  fit  the  cup  or  countersink 
of  the  hammer. 

(For  care  of  arms  in  service,  see  Ordnance  Manual,  page  185,  &c.) 

101 Arms  shall  not  be  left  loaded  in  quarters  or  tents,  or  when 

the  men  are  off  duty,  except  by  special  orders. 

102 Ammunition  issued  will  be  inspected  frequently.     Each 

man  will  be  made  to  pay  for  the  rounds  expended  without  orders, 
or  not  in  the  way  of  duty,  or  which  may  be  damaged  or  lost  by  his 
neglect. 

103 ....  Ammunition  will  be  frequently  exposed  to  the  dry  air,  or 
sunned. 

104 ....  Special  care  shall  be  taken  to  ascertain  that  no  ball-car- 
tridges are  mixed  with  the  blank  cartridges  issued  to  the  men. 

105 ....  All  knapsacks  are  to  be  painted  black.  Those  for  the  artil- 
lery will  be  marked  in  the  centre  of  the  cover  with  the  number  of  the 
regiment  only,  in  figures  of  one  inch  and  a  half  in  length,  of  the  char- 
acter called  full  face,  with  yellow  paint.  Those  for  the  infantry  will 
be  marked  in  the  same  way,  in  white  paint.  Those  for  the  ordnance- 
will  be  marked  with  two  cannon,  crossing ;  the  cannon  to  be  seven 
and  a  half  inches  in  length,  in  yellow  paint,  to  resemble  those  on  the 
cap.     The  knapsack  straps  will  be  black. 

106...  The  knapsacks  will  also  be  marked  upon  the  inner  side 
with  the  letter  of  the  company  and  the  number  of  the  soldier,  on 
such  part  as  may  be  readily  observed  at  inspections. 

107 ....  Haversacks  will  be  marked  upon  the  flap  with  the  number 
and  name  of  the  regiment,  the  letter  of  the  company,  and  number  of 
the  soldier,  in  black  letters  and  figures.  And  each  soldier  must,  at 
all  times,  be  provided  with  a  haversack  and  canteen,  and  will  exhibit 
them  at  all  inspections.  It  will  be  worn  on  the  left  side  on  marches, 
guard,  and  when  paraded  for  detached  service^the  canteen  outside 
the  haversack. 

108 The  front  of  the  drums  will  be  painted  with  the  arms  of 

the  United  States,  on  a  blue  field  for  the  infantry,  and  on  a  red  field 
for  the  artillery.  The  letter  of  the  company  and  number  of  the  regi- 
ment, under  the  arms,  in  a  sck>11. 


Soldiers^  Mess.  15 

109 ....  Officers  at  their  stations,  in  camp  or  in  garrison,  will  al- 
ways wear  their  proper  uniform. 

110.  . .  .Soldiers  will  wear  the  prescribed  uniform  in  camp  or  gar- 
rison, and  will  not  be  permitted  to  keep  in  their  possession  any  other 
clothing.  "When  on  fatigue  parties,  they  will  wear  the  proper  fatigue 
dress. 

111.... In  camp  or  barracks,  the  company  officers  must  visit  the 
kitchen  daily  and  inspect  the  kettles,  and  at  all  times  carefully  at- 
tend to  the  messing  and  economy  of  their  respective  companies.  The 
commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  regiment  will  make  frequent  in- 
spections of  the  kitchens  and  messes. 

112 The  bread  must  be  thoroughly  baked,  and  not  eaten  un- 
til it  is  cold.  The  soup  must  be  boiled  at  least  five  hours,  and 
the  vegetables  always  cooked  sufficiently  to  be  perfectly  soft  and 
digestible. 

113.  ...Messes  will  be  prepared  by  privates  of  squads,  including 
private  musicians,  each  taking  his  tour.  The  greatest  care  will  be 
observed  in  washing  and  scouring  the  cooking  utensils ;  those  made 
of  brass  and  copper  should  be  lined  with  tin. 

114. . .  .The  messes  of  prisoners  will  be  sent  to  them  by  the  cooks. 

115.  - .  .No  persons  will  be  allowed  to  visit  or  remain  in  the  kitch- 
ens, except  such  as  may  come  on  duty,  or  be  occupied  as  cooks. 

116 Those  detailed  for  duty  in  the  kitchens  will  also  be  re- 
quired to  keep  the  furniture  of  the  mess-room  in  order. 

•  117. . .  .On  marches  and  in  the  field,  the  only  mess  furniture  of 
the  soldier  will  be  one  tin  plate,  one  tin  cup,  one  knife,  fork,  and 
spoon,  to  each  man,  to  be  carried  by  himself  on  the  march. 

118. . .  .If  a  soldier  be  required  to  assist  his  first  sergeant  in  the 
writing  of  the  company,  to  excuse  him  from  a  tour  of  military  duty, 
the  captain  will  previously  obtain  the  sanction  of  his  own  command- 
er, if  he  have  one  present ;  and  whether  there  be  a  superior  present 
or  not,  the  captain  will  be  responsible  that  the  man  so  employed 
does  not  miss  two  successive  tours  of  guard-duty  by  reason  of  such 
employment. 

119. ..  .Tradesmen  may  be  relieved  from  ordinary  military  duty 
to  make,  to  alter,  or  to  mend  soldiers'  clothing,  &c.  Company  com- 
manders will  fix  the  rates  at  which  work  shall  be  done,  and  cause  the 
men,  for  whose  benefit  it  is  done,  to  pay  for  it  at  the  next  pay  day. 

120.  . .  .Each  company  officer,  serving  with  his  company,  may  take 
from  it  one  soldier  as  waiter,  with  his  consent  and  the  consent  of  his 


1 6  Employment  of  Soldiers  as  Clerks^  ^c, 

captain.  No  other  officer  shall  take  a  soldier  as  a  waiter.  Every 
soldier  so  employed  shall  be  so  reported  and  mustered. 

121 ....  Soldiers  taken  as  officers'  waiters  shall  be  acquainted 
with  their  military  duty,  and  at  all  times  be  completely  armed  and 
clothed,  and  in  every  respect  equipped  according  to  the  rules  of  the 
service,  and  have  all  their  necessaries  complete  and  in  good  order. 
They  are  to  fall  in  with  their  respective  companies  at  all  reviews  and 
inspections,  and  are  liable  to  such  drills  as  the  commanding  officer 
shall  judge  necessary  to  fit  them  for  service  in  the  ranks. 

122 ....  Non-commissioned  officers  will,  in  no  case,  be  permitted  to 
act  as  waiters ;  nor  are  they,  or  private  soldiers,  not  waiters,  to  be 
employed  in  any  menial  office,  or  made  to  perform  any  ser\'ice  not 
military,  for  the  private  benefit  of  any  officer  or  mess  of  officers. 

COMPANY   BOOKS. 

123.... The  following  books  are  allowed  to  each  company:  one 
descriptive  book,  one  clothing  book,  one  order  book,  one  morning  re- 
port book,  each  one  quire,  sixteen  inches  by  ten.  One  page  of  the 
descriptive  book  will  be  appropriated  to  the  list  of  officers  ;  two  to  tlue 
non-commissioned  officers ;  two  to  the  register  of  men  transferred ; 
four  to  register  of  men  discharged ;  two  to  register  of  deaths ;  four 
to  register  of  deserters — the  rest  to  the  company  description  list. 

LAUNDRESS. 

124 ....  Four  women  will  be  allowed  to  each  company  as  washer- 
women, and  will  receive  one  ration  per  day  each. 

125.  . .  .The  price  of  washing  soldiers'  clothing,  by  the  month,  or 
by  the  piece,  will  be  determined  by  the  Council  of  Administration. 

126...  Debts  due  the  laundress  by  soldiers,  for  washing,  will 
be  paid,  or  collected  at  the  pay-table,  under  the  direction  of  the 
captain. 

AETICLE  XIV. 

ORDNANCE    SERGEANTS. 

127. . .  .The  Secretary  of  War  selects  from  the  sergeants  of  the 
line  of  the  army,  who  may  have  faithfully  served  eight  years  (four 
years  in  the  grade  of  non-commissioned  officer),  as  many  Ordnance 
Sergeants  as  the  service  may  require,  not  exceeding  one  to  each  mil- 
itary post. 

128 ....  Captains  will  report  to  their  colonels  such  sergeants  as,  by 
their  conduct  and  service,  merit  such  appointment,  setting  forth  the 
description,  length  of  serv^ice  of  the  sergeant,  the  portion  of  his  serv- 


Ordnance  Sergeants, 


17 


ice  he  was  a  non-commissioned  officer,  his  general  character  as  to 
fidelity  and  sobriety,  his  quahfications  as  a  clerk,  and  his  fitness  for 
the  duties  to  be  performed  by  an  ordnance  sergeant.  These  reports 
will  be  fonvarded  to  the  Adjutant-General,  to  be  laid  before  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  with  an  application  in  the  following  form : 

Head-Quarters^  Sfc, 
To  the  Adjutant-General: 

Sm, — I  forward^  for  consideration  of  the  proper  authority,  an  appli- 
cation for  the  appointment. of  Ordnance  Sergeant. 


Name  and  Regiment. 


Length  of  Service. 


As  non-commissioned  Officer. 


In  the  Army. 


Years.  Months. 


Inclosed  herewith  you  loill  receive  the  report  of  - 


-,  the  officer  com- 


manding the  company  in  which  the  sergeant  has  been  serving,  to  which  I 
add  the  following  remarks : 

,  Commanding  —  Regiment. 

129.  ...When  a  company  is  detached  from  the  head-quarters  of 
the  regiment,  the  reports  of  the  commanding  officer  in  this  matter 
will  pass  to  the  regimental  head- quarters  through  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  post  or  detachment,  and  be  accompanied  by  his  opinion 
as  to  the  fitness  of  the  candidate. 

130 Ordnance  Sergeants  will  be  assigned  to  posts  when  appoint- 
ed, and  are  not  to  be  transferred  to  other  stations  except  by  orders 
from  the  Adjutant-General's  office. 

131 At  the  expiration  of  their  term  of  service.  Ordnance  Ser- 
geants may  be  re-enlisted,  provided  they  shall  have  conducted  them- 
selves in  a  becoming  manner,  and  performed  their  duties  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  the  commanding  officer.  If  the  commanding  officer, 
however,  shall  not  think  proper  to  re-enlist  the  Ordnance  Sergeant  of 
his  post,  he  will  not  discharge  him  at  the  expiration  of  his  service, 
unless  it  shall  be  the  wish  of  the  sergeant,  but  will  communicate  to 
the  Adjutant-General  his  reasons  for  declining  to  re-enlist  him,  to  be 
submitted  to  the  War  Department. 


18  Ordnance  Sergeants, 

132 ....  The  officers  interested  must  be  aware,  from  the  nature  of 
the  duties  assigned  to  Ordnance  Sergeants,  that  the  judicious  selec- 
tion of  them  is  of  no  small  importance  to  the  interests  of  the  service ; 
and  that  while  the  law  contemplates,  in  the  appointment  of  these 
non-commissioned  officers,  the  better  preservation  of  the  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  in  deposit  in  the  several  forts,  there  is  the  fur- 
ther motive  of  offiiring  a  reward  to  those  faithful  and  well-tried  ser- 
geants who  have  long  served  their  country,  and  of  thus  giving  encour- 
agement to  the  soldier  in  the  ranks  to  emulate  them  in  conduct,  and 
thereby  secure  substantial  promotion.  Colonels  and  Captains  can 
not,  therefore,  be  too  particular  in  investigating  the  characters  of  the 
candidates,  and  in  giving  their  testimony  as  to  their  merits. 

133 ....  The  appointment  and  removal  of  Ordnance  Sergeants,  sta- 
tioned at  military  posts,  in  pursuance  of  the  above  provisions  of  law, 
shall  be  reported  by  the  Adjutant-General  to  the  chief  of  the  Ord- 
nance Department. 

134.... When  a  non-commissioned  officer  receives  the  appoint- 
ment of  Ordnance  Sergeant,  he  shall  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  the 
regiment  or  company  in  which  he  may  be  serving  at  the  time. 

135.  . .  .The  duty  of  Ordnance  Sergeants  relates  to  the  care  of  the 
ordnance,  arms,  ammunition,  and  other  military  stores  at  the  post  to 
which  they  may  be  attached,  under  the  direction  of  the  command- 
ing officer,  and  according  to  the  regulations  of  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment. 

136 If  a  post  be  evacuated,  the  Ordnance  Sergeant  shall  remain 

on  duty  at  the  station,  under  the  direction  of  the  chief  of  the  Ord- 
nance Department,  in  charge  of  the  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores, 
and  of  such  other  public  property  as  is  not  in  charge  of  some  officer 
or  agent  of  other  departments ;  for  which  ordnance  stores  and  other 
property  he  will  account  to  the  chiefs  of  the  proper  departments  un- 
til otherwise  directed. 

137 An  Ordnance  Sergeant  in  charge  of  ordnance  stores  at  a 

post  where  there  is  no  commissioned  officer  shall  be  held  responsible 
for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  property,  and  he  shall  be  governed  by  the 
regulations  of  the  Ordnance  Department  in  making  issues  of  the 
same,  and  in  preparing  and  furnishing  the  requisite  returns.  If  the 
means  at  his  disposal  are  not  sufficient  for  the  preserv^ation  of  the 
property,  he  shall  report  the  circumstances  to  the  chief  of  the  Ord- 
nance Department. 

138 ....  Ordnance  Sergeants  are  to  be  considered  as  belonging  to 
the  non-commissioned  staff  of  the  post,  under  the  orders  of  the  com- 
manding officer.     They  are  to  wear  the  uniform  of  the  Ordnance  De- 


Ordnance  Sergeants ....  Transfers.  19 

partment,  with  the  distinctive  badges  prescribed  for  the  non-commis- 
sioned staff  of  regiments  of  artillery ;  and  they  are  to  appear  under 
arms  with  the  troops  at  all  reviews  and  inspections,  monthly  and 
weekly. 

139.  . .  .When  serving  at  any  post  which  may  be  the  head-quarters 
of  a  regiment,  Ordnance  Sergeants  shall  be  reported  by  name  on  the 
post  returns,  and  mustered  with  the  non-commissioned  staff  of  the 
regiment;  and  at  all  other  posts  they  shall  be  mustered  and  reported 
in  some  company  stationed  at  the  post  at  which  they  serve ;  be  paid 
on  the  muster-roll,  and  be  charged  with  the  clothing  and  all  other 
supplies  previously  received  from  any  officer,  or  subsequently  issued 
to  them  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  for  the  time  be- 
ing. Whenever  the  company  may  be  ordered  from  the  post,  the  Ord- 
nance Sergeant  will  be  transferred  to  the  rolls  of  any  remaining  com- 
pany, by  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post. 

140 In  the  event  of  the  troops  being  all  withdrawn  from  a  post 

at  which  there  is  an  Ordnance  Sergeant,  he  shall  be  furnished  with 
his  descriptive  roll  and  account  of  clothing  and  pay,  signed  by  the 
proper  officer  last  in  command,  accompanied  by  the  remarks  neces- 
sary for  his  military  history;  and  on  his  exhibiting  such  papers  to 
any  Paymaster,  with  a  letter  from  the  Ordnance  Office  acknowledg- 
ing the  receipt  of  his  returns,  and  that  they  are  satisfactory,  he  will 
be  paid  on  a  separate  account  the  amount  which  may  be  due  him  at 
the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  returns  mentioned  in  such  letter,  to- 
gether with  commutation  of  rations,  according  to  the  regulations  of 
the  Subsistence  Department.  A  certified  statement  of  his  pay  ac- 
count will  be  furnished  the  Ordnance  Sergeant  by  the  Paymaster  by 
whom  he  may  be  last  paid.  When  there  are  no  troops  at  the  post, 
the  Ordnance  Sergeant  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General's  office, 
by  letter,  on  the  last  day  of  every  month. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

TRANSFER   OF    SOLDIERS. 

141. . .  .No  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  will  be  transferred 
from  one  regiment  to  another  without  the  authority  of  the  command- 
ing general. 

142 The   colonel  may,  upon  the  application  of  the  captains, 

transfer  a  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  from  one  company  to 
another  of  his  regiment — with  consent  of  the  department  commander 
in  case  of  change  of  post. 

143. . .  .When  soldiers  are  authorized  to  be  transferred,  the  transfer 
will  take  place  on  the  first  of  a  month,  with  a  view  to  the  more  con- 
venient  settlement  of  their  accounts. 


20  Deceased  Officers  and  Soldiers. 

144 In  all  cases  of  transfer,  a  complete  descriptive  roll  will  ac- 
company the  soldier  transferred,  which  roll  will  embrace  an  account 
of  his  pay,  clothing,  and  other  allowances ;  also,  all  stoppages  to  be 
made  on  account  of  the  government,  and  debts  due  the  laundress,  as 
well  as  such  other  facts  as  may  be  necessary  to  show  his  character 
and  military  history. 

AETICLE  XVI. 

DECEASED    OFFICERS. 

145 Whenever  an  officer  dies,  or  is  killed  at  any  military  post 

or  station,  or  in  the  vicinity  of  the  same,  it  will  be  the  duty  of  the 
commanding  officer  to  report  the  fact  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General, 
with  the  date,  and  any  other  information  proper  to  be  communicated. 
If  an  officer  die  at  a  distance  from  a  military  post,  any  officer  having 
intelligence  of  the  same  will  in  like  manner  communicate  it,  speci- 
fying the  day  of  his  decease ;  a  duplicate  of  the  report  will  be  sent  to 
Department  Head-Quarters. 

146 ....  Inventories  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers,  required  by 
the94thArticalof  War,  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Adjutant-General. 

147. . .  .If  a  legal  administrator  or  family  connection  be  present,  and 
take  charge  of  the  effects,  it  will  be  so  stated  to  the  Adjutant-General. 

ARTICLE  XVn. 

DECEASED    SOLDIERS. 

148. . .  .Inventories  of  the  effects  of  deceased  non-commissioned  of- 
ficers and  soldiers,  required  by  the  95th  Article  of  War,  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Adjutant- General,  by  the  commander  of  the  company 
to  which  the  deceased  belonged,  and  a  duplicate  of  the  same  to  the 
colonel  of  the  regiment.  Final  statements  of  pay,  clothing,  &c.,  will 
be  sent  with  the  inventories.  When  a  soldier  dies  at  a  post  or  station 
absent  from  his  company,  it  will  be  the  duty  of  his  immediate  com- 
mander to  furnish  the  required  inventory,  and,  at  the  same  time,  to 
forward  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  to  which  the  sol- 
dier belonged,  a  report  of  his  death,  specifying  the  date,  place,  and 
cause ;  to  what  time  he  was  last  paid,  and  the  money  or  other  effects 
in  his  possession  at  the  time  of  his  decease ;  which  report  will  be 
noted  on  the  next  muster-roll  of  the  company  to  which  the  man  be- 
lonajed.     Each  inventory  will  be  indorsed,  "Inventory  of  the  effects 

of ,  late  of  company  ( — ) regiment  of ,  who 

died  at ,  the day  of ,  184 — ."  If  a  legal  representa- 
tive receive  the  effects,  it  will  be  stated  in  the  report.  If  the  soldier 
leave  no  effects,  the  fact  will  be  reported. 


Deceased  Soldiers. . .  .Deserters.  21 

149 Should  the  effects  of  a  deceased  non-commissioned  officer 

or  soldier  not  be  administered  upon  within  a  short  period  after  his  de- 
cease, they  shall  be  disposed  of  by  a  Council  of  Administration,  under 
the  authority  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post,  and  the  proceeds 
deposited  with  the  Paymaster,  to  the  credit  of  the  United  States,  until 
they  shall  be  claimed  by  the  legal  representatives  of*  the  deceased. 

150. . .  .In  all  such  cases  of  sales  by  the  Council  of  Administration, 
a  statement  in  detail,  or  account  of  the  proceeds,  duly  certified  by  the 
Council  and  commanding  officer,  accompanied  by  the  Paymaster's  re- 
ceipt for  the  proceeds,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  commanding  officer  to 
the  Adjutant-General.     The  statement  will  be  indorsed,  "Report  of 

the  proceeds  of  the  effects  of ,  late  of  company  ( — ) 

regiment  of ,  who  died  at ,  the day  of ,  184 — ." 

ARTICLE  XYIII. 

DESERTERS. 

151. . .  .If  a  soldier  desert  from,  or  a  deserter  be  received  at,  any 
post  other  than  the  station  of  the  company  or  detachment  to  which 
he  belonged,  he  shall  be  promptly  reported  by  the  commanding  officer 
of  such  post  to  the  commander  of  his  company  or  detachment.  The 
time  of  desertion,  apprehension,  and  delivery  will  be  stated.  If  the 
man  be  a  recruit,  unattached,  the  required  report  will  be  made  to  the 
Adjutant-General.  When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehension  or 
surrender  of  a  deserter  at  any  post  other  than  the  station  of  the  com- 
pany or  detachment  to  which  he  belonged,  the  commander  of  such 
company  or  detachment  shall  immediately  forward  his  description  and 
account  of  clothing  to  the  officer  making  the  report. 

152 A  reward  of  thirty  dollars  will  be  paid  for  the  apprehension 

and  delivery  of  a  deserter  to  an  officer  of  the  army  at  the  most  con- 
venient post  or  recruiting  station.  Rewards  thus  paid  will  be  prompt- 
ly reported  by  the  disbursing  officer  to  the  officer  commanding  the 
company  in  which  the  deserter  is  mustered,  and  to  the  authority  com- 
petent to  order  his  trial.  The  reward  of  thirty  dollars  will  include  the 
remuneration  for  all  expenses  incurred  for  apprehending,  securing, 
and  delivering  a  deserter. 

153 When  non-commissioned  officers  or  soldiers  are  sent  in  pur- 
suit of  a  deserter,  the  expenses  necessarily  incurred  will  be  paid  wheth- 
er he  be  apprehended  or  not,  and  reported  as  in  case  of  rewards  paid. 

154 ....  Deserters  shall  make  good  the  time  lost  by  desertion,  un- 
less discharged  by  competent  authority. 

155 ....  No  deserter  shall  be  restored  to  duty  without  trial,  except 
by  the  authority  competent  to  order  the  trial. 


22  Deserters ....  Discharges, 

156. . .  .Rewards  and  expenses  paid  for  apprehending  a  deserter  will 
be  set  against  his  pay,  when  adjudged  by  a  court-martial,  or  when  he 
is  restored  to  duty  without  trial  on  such  condition. 

157. . .  .In  reckoning  the  time  of  service,  and  the  pay  and  allow- 
ances of  a  deserter,  he  is  to  be  considered  in  service  when  delivered 
up  as  a  deserter  to  the  proper  authority. 

158 ....  An  apprehended  deserter,  or  one  who  surrenders  himself, 
shall  receive  no  pay  while  waiting  trial,  and  only  such  clothing  as  may 
be  actually  necessary  for  him. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

DISCHARGES. 

159.  . .  .No  enlisted  man  shall  be  discharged  before  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  enlistment  without  authority  of  the  "War  Department, 
except  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial,  or  by  the  commander 
of  the  Department  or  of  an  army  in  the  field,  on  certificate  of  disabil- 
ity, or  on  application  of  the  soldier  after  twenty  years'  service. 

160 ....  When  an  enlisted  man  is  to  be  discharged,  his  company 
commander  shall  furnish  him  certificates  of  his  account,  according  to 
S'orm  4,  Pay  Department. 

161. . .  .Blank  discharges  on  parchment  will  be  furnished  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  ofiice.  No  discharge  shall  be  made  in  duplicate, 
nor  any  certificate  given  in  lieu  of  a  discharge. 

162.  . .  .The  cause  of  discharge  will  be  stated  in  the  body  of  the 
discharge,  and  the  space  at  foot  for  character  cut  ofi^,  unless  a  recom- 
mendation is  given. 

163.  . .  .Whenever  a  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  be 
Unfit  for  the  military  service  in  consequence  of  wounds,  disease,  or  in- 
firmity, his  captain  shall  forward  to  the  commander  of  the  Depart- 
ment or  of  the  army  in  the  field,  through  the  commander  of  the  reg- 
iment or  post,  a  statement  of  his  case,  with  a  certificate  of  his  disa- 
bility signed  by  the  senior  surgeon  of  the  hospital,  regiment,  or  post, 
according  to  the  form  prescribed  in  the  Medical  Regulations. 

164 If  the  recommendation  for  the  discharge  of  the  invalid  be 

approved,  the  authority  therefor  will  be  indorsed  on  the  "  certificate 
of  disability,"  which  will  be  sent  back  to  be  completed  and  signed  by 
the  commanding  officer,  who  wiU  then  send  the  same  to  the  Adjutant- 
General's  office. 

165.  . .  .Insanfe  soldiers  will  not  be  discharged,  but  sent,  under  prop- 
er protection,  by  the  Department  commander  to  Washington  for  the 
order  of  the  War  Department  for  their  admission  into  the  Govern- 
ment Asylum.  The  history  of  the  cases,  with  the  men's  descriptive 
list,  and  accounts  of  pay  and  clothing,  will  be  sent  with  them. 


Traveling  on  Duty . . .  .Leaves  of  Absence.  23 

166 The  date,  place,  and  cause  of  discharge  of  a  soldier  absent 

from  his  company  will  be  reported  by  the  commander  of  the  post  to 
his  company  commander. 

167.  . .  .Company  commanders  are  required  to  keep  the  blank  dis- 
charges and  certificates  carefully  in  their  own  custody. 

ARTICLE  XX. 

TRAVELING   ON   DUTY. 

168 Whenever  an  officer  traveling  under  orders  arrives  at  his 

post,  he  will  submit  to  the  commanding  officer  a  report,  in  writing,  of 
the  time  occupied  in  the  travel,  with  a  copy  of  the  orders  under  which 
the  journey  was  performed,  and  an  explanation  of  any  delay  in  the 
execution  of  the  orders  ;  which  report  the  commanding  officer  shall 
transmit,  with  his  opinion  on  it,  to  Department  Head-Quarters.  If  the 
officer  be  superior  in  rank  to  the  commander,  the  required  report  will 
be  made  by  the  senior  himself. 

169 Orders  detaching  an  officer  for  a  special  duty,  imply,  unless 

otherwise  stated,' that  he  is  thereafter  to  join  his  proper  station. 

ARTICLE  XXL 

LEAVES   OP   ABSENCE    TO   OFFICERS. 

170 In  no  case  will  leaves  of  absence  be  granted,  so  that  a  com- 
pany be  left  without  one  of  its  commissioneB.  officers,  or  that  a  garrison- 
ed post  be  left  without  two  commissioned  officers  and  competent  med- 
ical attendance ;  nor  shall  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to  an  officer 
during  the  season  of  active  operations,  except  on  urgent  necessity. 

171.  ...When  not  otherwise  specified,  leaves  of  absence  will  be 
considered  as  commencing  on  the  day  that  the  officer  is  relieved  from 
liuty  at  his  post.  He  will  report  himself  monthly,  giving  his  address 
for  the  next  thirty  days,  to  the  commander  of  his  post  and  of  his  regi- 
ment or  corps,  and  to  the  Adjutant-General ;  and  in  his  first  report 
state  the  day  when  his  leave  of  absence  commenced;  at  the  expira- 
tion of  his  leave  he  will  join  his  station. 

172 ....  In  time  of  peace,  commanding  officers  may  grant  leaves  of 
absence  as  follows :  the  commander  of  a  post  not  to  exceed  seven  days 
at  one  time,  or  in  the  same  month ;  the  commander  of  a  geograph- 
ical department  not  to  exceed  sixty  days ;  the  general  commanding 
the  army  not  to  exceed  four  months.  Applications  for  leaves  of  ab- 
sence for  more  than  four  months,  or  to  officers  of  engineers,  ordnance, 
or  of  the  general  staff,  or  serving  on  it  (aides-de-camp  excepted),  for 
more  than  thirty  days,  must  be  referred  to  the  Adjutant-General  for 
the  decision  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    In  giving  a  permission  to  ap- 


24  Leaves  of  Absence  to  Officers, 

ply  for  the  extension  of  a  leave  of  absence,  the  term  of  the  extension 
should  be  stated. 

173 The  immediate  commander  of  the  officer  applying  for  leave 

of  absence,  and  all  intermediate  commanders,  will  indorse  their  opin- 
ion on  the  application  before  forwarding  it. 

174. . .  .The  commander  of  a  post  may  take  leave  of  absence  not  to 
exceed  seven  days  at  one  time,  or  in  the  same  month,  reporting  the 
fact  to  his  next  superior. 

175. . .  .Three  months'  leave  of  absence  will  be  allowed  to  gradu- 
ates, from  the  time  of  quitting  (as  cadet)  the  Military  Academy. 

176.  . .  .No  leave  of  absence  exceeding  seven  days,  except  on  ex- 
traordinary occasions,  when  the  circumstances  must  be  particularly 
stated  (and  except  as  provided  in  the  preceding  paragraph),  shall  be 
granted  to  any  officer  until  he  has  joined  his  regiment  or  corps,  and 
seiTed  therewith  at  least  two  years. 

177. . .  .Officers  will  not  leave  the  United  States,  to  go  beyond  sea, 
without  permission  from  the  War  Department. 

178. . .  .All  leaves  of  absence  to  Chaplains  and  Schoolmasters  em- 
ployed at  military  posts  will  be  granted  by  the  commanding  officer, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  post  Council  of  Administration,  not 
to  exceed  four  months. 

179. . .  .An  application  for  leave  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness 
must  be  accompanied  by  ^  certificate  of  the  senior  medical  officer 
present,  in  the  following  form  : 

,  of  the regiment  of ,  having  applied  for 

a  certificate  on  which  to  ground  an  application  for  leave  of  absence,  I  do 
hereby  certify  that  I  have  carefully  examined  this  officer,  and  find  that  — 
[Here  the  nature  of  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability  is  to  be  fully 
stated,  and  the  period  during  which  the  officer  has  suffered  under  its 
effects.]  And  that,  in  consequence  thereof,  he  is,  in  my  opinion,  unfit  for 
duty.     I  further  declare  my  belief  that  he  will  not  be  able  to  resume  his 

duties  in  a  less  period  than [Here  state  candidly  and  explicitly 

the  opinion  as  to  the  period  which  will  probably  elapse  before  the 
officer  will  be  able  to  resume  his  duties.  When  there  is  no  reason 
to  expect  a  recovery,  or  when  the  prospect  of  recovery  is  distant  and 
uncertain,  or  when  a  change  of  climate  is  recommended,  it  must  be 

so  stated.]     Dated  at ,  this day  of . 

Signature  of  the  Medical  Officer. 

180 ....  When  an  officer  is  prevented  by  sickness  from  joining  his 
station,  he  will  transmit  certificates  in  the  above  form  monthly,  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  his  post  and  regiment  or  corps,  and  to 
the  Adjutant-General :  and  when  he  can  not  procure  the  certificates 


J^urlottglis ....  Council  of  Administration.  25 

of  a  medical  officer  of  the  army,  he  will  substitute  his  own  certificate 
on  honor  to  his  condition,  and  a  full  statement  of  his  case.  If  the 
ofiicer's  certificate  is  not  satisfactory,  and  whenever  an  officer  has 
been  absent  on  account  of  sickness  for  one  year,  he  shall  be  ex- 
amined by  a  medical  board,  and  the  case  specially  reported  to  the 
President. 

181. . .  .In  all  reports  of  absence,  or  applications  for  leave  of  ab- 
sence on  account  of  sickness,  the  officer  shall  state  how  long  he  has 
been  absent  already  on  that  account,  and  by  whose  permission. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 

FURLOUGHS    TO  ENLISTED  MEN. 

182 ....  Furloughs  will  be  granted  only  by  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  post,  or  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  actually  quar- 
tered with  it.  Furloughs  may  be  prohibited  at  the  discretion  of  the 
officer  in  command. 

183. . .  .Soldiers  on  furlough  shall  not  take  with  them  their  arms 
or  accoutrements. 

184 Form  of  furlough  : 

TO  ALL  WHOM  IT  MAY  CONCERN, 

The  bearer  hereof, ,  a  Sergeant  (corporal,  or  private, 

as  the  case  may  be)  of  Captain company, regiment 

of ,  aged  —  years,  —  feet  —  inches  high, complexion, 

eyes,  hair,  and  by  profession   a ;    born  in  the of 

,  and  enlisted  at ,  in  the of ,  on  the  —  day  of 

,  eighteen  hundred  and ,  to  serve  for  the  period  of ,  is 


hereby  permitted  to  go  to ,  in  the  county  of ,  State  of  , 

he  having  received  a  Furlough  from  the  —  day  of ,  to  the  —  day  of 

,  at  which  period  he  ivill  rejoin  his  company  or  regiment  at  ~  ■  ■,  or 

wherever  it  then  may  be,  or  be  considered  a  deserter. 

Subsistence  has  been  furnished  to  said to  the  —  day  of 

,  and  pay  to  the  —  day  of ,  both  inclusive. 

Given  under  my  hand,  at ,  this  —  day  of ,  18 — . 

Signature  of  the  officer"^ 

giving  the  furlough.    ) 

ARTICLE  XXni. 

COUNCILS   OF  ADMINISTRATION. 

185.  . .  .The  commanding  officer  of  every  post  shall,  at  least  once 
in  every  two  months,  convene  aPost  Council  of  Administration,  to  con- 
sist of  the  three  regimental  or  company  officers  next  in  rank  to  him- 

B 


26  Council  of  Administration ....  Post  Fund. 

self;  or,  if  there  be  but  two,  then  the  two  next ;  if  but  one,  the  one 
next ;  and  if  there  be  none  other  than  himself,  then  he  himself  shall 
act. 

186 The  junior  member  will  record  the  proceedings   of  the 

Council  in  a  book,  and  submit  the  same  to  the  commanding  officer. 
If  he  disapprove  the  proceedings,  and  the  Council,  after  a  reconsider- 
ation, adhere  to  its  decision,  a  copy  of  the  whole  shall  be  sent  bv  the 
officer  commanding  to  the  next  higher  commander,  whose  decision 
shall  be  final,  and  entered  in  the  Council  book,  and  the  whole  be  pub- 
lished in  orders  for  the  information  and  government  of  all  concerned. 

187 The  proceedings   of  Councils  of  Administration  shall  be 

signed  by  the  president  and  recorder,  and  the  recorder  of  each  meet- 
ing, after  entering  the  whole  proceedings,  together  with  the  final 
order  thereon,  shall  deposit  the  book  with  the  commanding  officer. 
In  like  manner,  the  approval  or  objections  of  the  officer  ordering  the 
Council  will  be  signed  with  his  own  hand. 

188 The  Post  Council  shall  prescribe  the  quantity  and  kind  of 

clothing,  small  equipments,  and  soldiers'  necessaries,  groceries,  and 
all  articles  which  the  sutlers  may  be  required  to  keep  on  hand ;  exam- 
ine the  sutler's  books  and  papers,  and  fix  the  tariff  of  prices  of  the 
said  goods  or  commodities  ;  inspect  the  sutler's  weights  and  measures; 
fix  the  laundress'  charges,  and  make  the  regulations  for  the  post  school. 

189 , . .  .Pursuant  to  the  30th  Aiticle  of  War,  commanding  officers 
reviewing  the  proceedings  of  the  Council  of  Administration  will 
scrutinize  the  tariff  of  prices  proposed  by  them,  and  take  care  that 
the  stores  actually  furnished  by  the  sutler  correspond  to  the  quality 
prescribed. 

POST  FlUsI>. 

190 ....  A  Post  Pund  shall  be  raised  at  each  post  by  a  tax  on  the 
sutler,  not  to  exceed  1 0  cents  a  month  for  every  officer  and  soldier  of 
the  command,  according  to  the  average  in  each  month  to  be  ascer- 
tained by  the  Council,  and  from  the  saving  on  the  flour  ration,  ordina- 
rily 33  per  cent.,  by  baking  the  soldiers'  bread  at  a  post  bakery.  Pro- 
vided, that  when  want  of  vegetables  or  other  reasons  make  it  neces- 
sary, the  commanding  officer  may  order  the  flour  saved,  or  any  part 
of  it,  issued  to  the  men,  after  paying  expenses  of  baking. 

191.... The  commanding  officer  shall  designate  an  officer  to  be 
post  treasurer,  who  shall  keep  the  account  of  the  fund,  subject  to  the 
inspection  of  the  Council  and  commanding  officer,  and  disburse  the 
fund  on  the  warrants  of  the  commanding  officer,  drawn  in  pursuance 
of  specific  resolves  of  the  Council. 


Post  and  Company  Fund.  27 

192. . .  .The  following  are  the  objects  of  expenditure  of  the  post 
fund  : — 1st.  Expenses  of  the  bake-house  ;.2d.  expenses  of  the  soldiers' 
children  at  the  post  school. 

193 ....  On  the  last  day  of  April,  August,  and  December,  and  when 
relieved  from  the  duty,  the  treasurer  shall  make  out  his  account  with 
the  fund  since  his  last  account,  and  submit  it,  with  his  vouchers,  to 
the  Council  of  Administration,  to  be  examined  by  them,  and  record- 
ed in  the  Council  book,  and  then  forwarded  by  the  commanding  offi- 
cer to  Department  Head-Quarters. 

194'.  . . .  At  each  settlement  of  the  treasurer's  account,  the  Council 
shall  distribute  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  post  fund  to  the  sever- 
al companies  and  other  troops  in  the  ratio  of  their  average  force  dur- 
ing the  period. 

195 ....  When  a  comj^any  leaves  the  post,  it  shall  then  receive  its 
distributive  share  of  the  accrued  fund. 

196,  ...The  regulations  in  regard  to  a  post  fund  will,  as  far  as 
practicable,  be  applied  in  the  field  to  a  regimental  fund,  to  be  raised, 
administered,  expended,  and  distributed  in  like  manner,  by  the  regi- 
mental commander  and  a  regimental  council. 

COMPANY   FUND. 

197 The  distributions  from  the  post  or  regimental  fund,  and  the 

savings  from  the  company  rations,  constitute  the  Company  Fund,  to 
be  disbursed  by  the  captain  for  the  benefit  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the 
company,  pursuant  to  resolves  of  the  Company  Council,  consisting  of 
all  the  company  officers  present.  In  case  of  a  tie  vote  in  the  Council, 
the  commander  of  the  post  shall  decide.  The  Council  shall  be  con- 
vened once  in  two  months  by  the  captain,  and  whenever  he  may  think 
proper. 

198 . . .  .Their  proceedings  shall  be  recorded  in  a  book,  signed  by  all 
the  Council,  and  open  at  all  times  to  the  inspection  of  the  commander 
of  the  post.  Every  four  months,  and  whenever  another  officer  takes 
command  of  the  company,  and  when  the  company  leaves  the  post,  the 
account  of  the  company  fund  shall  be  made  up,  audited  by  the  Coun- 
cil, recorded  in  the  Council  book,  and  submitted,  with  a  duplicate,  to 
the  post  commander,  who  shall  examine  it  and  forward  the  duplicate 
to  Department  Head-Quarters. 

199 .  . .  .The  supervision  of  the  company  fund  by  the  post  command- 
er herein  directed  shall,  in  the  field,  devolve  on  the  commander  of  the 
regiment. 


28  Chaplains ....  Sutlers. 

ARTICLE  XXIV. 

CHAPLAINS. 

200 The  posts  at  Avhich  Chaplains  may  be  employed  will  be  an- 
nounced by  the  War  Department. 

201 .  . .  .The  Council  of  Administration  of  the  post  will  report  to  the 
Adjutant-General,  for  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  rate 
of  pay  allowed  the  person  they  select  to  officiate  as  Chaplain  and  per- 
form the  duties  of  Schoolmaster ;  the  decision  of  the  Secretary  will  be 
notified  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  by  the  Adjutant- Gen- 
eral. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

SUTLERS. 

202 Every  military  post  may  have  one  Sutler,  to  be  appointed  by 

the  Secretary  of  War  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Council  of  Ad- 
ministration, approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

203 ....  A  Sutler  shall  hold  his  office  for  a  term  of  three  years,  un- 
less sooner  removed  ;  but  the  commanding  officer  may,  for  cause,  sus- 
pend a  Sutler's  privilege  until  a  decision  of  the  War  Department  is  re- 
ceived in  the  case. 

20^.  . .  .In  case  of  vacancy,  a  temporary  appointment  may  be  made 
by  the  commanding  officer  upon  the  nomination  of  the  Council  of 
Administration. 

205 ....  Troops  in  campaign,  on  detachment,  or  on  distant  seiTice, 
will  be  allowed  Sutlers,  at  the  rate  of  one  for  every  regiment,  coi'ps,  or 
separate  detachment ;  to  be  appointed  by  the  commanding  officer  of 
such  regiment,  corps,  or  detachment,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
council  of  administration,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  general  or 
other  officer  in  command. 

206.  . .  .No  tax  or  burden  in  any  shape,  other  than  the  authorized 
assessment  for  the  post  fund,  will  be  imposed  on  the  Sutler.  If  there 
be  a  spare  building,  the  use  of  it  may  be  allowed  him,  he  being  re- 
sponsible that  it  is  kept  in  repair.  If  there  be  no  such  building,  he 
may  be  allowed  to  erect  one ;  but  this  article  gives  the  Sutler  no  claim 
to  quarters,  transportation  for  himself  or  goods,  or  to  any  military  al- 
lowance whatever. 

207.  . .  .The  tariff  of  prices  fixed  by  the  Council  of  Administration 
shall  be  exposed  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  Sutler's  store.  No  dif- 
ference of  prices  will  be  allowed  on  cash  or  credit  sales. 

208 ....  Sutlers  are  not  allowed  to  keep  ardent  spirits  or  other  in- 
toxicating drinks,  under  penalty  of  losing  their  situations. 


JDiseussions  and  PuUications .  . .  .Arrests.  29 

209 ....  Sutlers  shall  not  farm  out  or  underlet  the  business  and 
privileges  granted  by  their  appointment. 

AllTICLE  XXVI. 

MILITARY   DISCUSSIONS   AND   PUBLICATIONS. 

210. ..  .Deliberations  or  discussions  among  any  class  of  military 
men,  having  the  object  of  conveying  praise,  or  censure,  or  any  mark 
of  approbation  toward  their  superiors  or  others  in  the  military  service; 
and  all  publications  relative  to  transactions  between  officers  of  a  pri- 
vate or  personal  nature,  whether  newspaper,  pamphlet  or  hand-bill, 
are  strictly  prohibited. 

AKTICLE  XXVII. 

ARRESTS    AND   CONFINEMENTS. 

211. . ,  .None  but  commanding  officers  have  power  to  place  officers 
under  arrest  except  for  offenses  expressly  designated  in  the  27th  Ar- 
ticle of  War. 

212.  . .  .Officers  are  not  to  be  put  in  arrest  for  light  offenses.  For 
these  the  censure  of  the  commanding  officer  will,  in  most  cases,  an- 
swer the  ijurposes  of  discipline. 

213. . .  .An  officer  in  arrest  may,  at  the  discretion  of  his  command- 
ing officer,  have  larger  limits  assigned  him  than  his  tent  or  quarters, 
on  written  application  to  that  effect.  Close  confinement  is  not  to  be 
resorted  to  unless  under  circumstances  of  an  aggravated  character. 

214.  . .  .In  ordinary  cases,  and  where  inconvenience  to  the  service 
would  result  from  it,  a  medical  officer  will  not  be  j)ut  in  arrest  until 
the  court-martial  for  his  trial  convenes. 

215.  ...The  arrest  of  an  officer,  or  confinement  of  a  soldier,  will, 
as  soon  as  practicable",  be  notified  to  his  immediate  commander. 

216.  . .  .All  prisoners  under  guard,  without  written  charges,  will  be 
released  by  the  officer  of  the  day  at  guard-mounting,  unless  orders  to 
the  contrary  be  given  by  the  commanding  officer. 

217.  ...On  a  march,  company  officers  and  non-commissioned  of- 
ficers in  arrest  will  follow  in  the  rear  of  their  respective  companies, 
unless  otherwise  particularly  ordered. 

218.... Field  officers,  commissioned  and  non-commissioned  staff 
officers,  under  the  same  circumstances,  will  follow  in  the  rear  of  their 
respective  regiments. 

219.  ,  .  .An  officer  under  arrest  will  not  wear  a  sword,  or  visit  of- 
ficially his  commanding  or  other  superior  officer,  unless  sent  for ;  and 
in  case  of  business,  he  will  make  known  his  object  in  writing. 


30  Hours  of  Service Roll-Cam,' 

ARTICLE  XXVIII. 

HOURS    OF    SERVICE   AND   ROLL-CALLS. 

220 ....  In  garrison,  reveille  wiU  be  at  5  o'clock  in  May,  June, 
July,  and  August,  at  G  in  March,  April,  September,  and  October,  and 
at  half  past  6  in  November,  December,  January,  and  Februaiy;  re- 
treat at  sunset ;  the  troop,  sure/eon's  call,  signals  for  breakfast  and 
dinner  at  the  hours  prescribed  by  the  commanding  officer,  according 
to  climate  and  season.  In  the  cavalry,  stable-calls  immediately  after 
reveille,  and  an  hour  and  a  half  before  retreat ;  water-calls  at  the 
hours  directed  by  the  commanding  officer. 

221.  . .  .In  camp,  the  commanding  officer  prescribes  the  hours  of 
reveille,  reports,  roll-calls,  guard-mounting,  meals,  stable-calls,  is- 
sues, fatigues,  <fcc. 

222.  SIGNALS. 

1.  To  go  for  fuel — poing  stroke  and  ten-stroke  roll, 

2.  To  go  for  water — two  strokes  and  afiam, 

3.  For  fatigue  party — pioneer'' s  march. 

4.  Adjutant's  call — -first  part  of  the  troop. 

5.  First  sergeant's  call — one  roll  and  four  taps. 

6.  Sergeant's  call-*o«e  roll  and  three  taps. 

7.  Corporal's  call — one  roll  and  two  taps. 

8.  For  the  drummers — the  drummer'* s  call. 

223 The  drummer^ s  call  sheW  be  beat  by  the  drums  of  the  police 

guard  five  minutes  before  the  time  of  beating  the  stated  calls,  when 
the  drummers  will  assemble  before  the  colors  of  their  respective  regi- 
ments, and  as  soon  as  the  beat  begins  on  the  right,  it  will  be  imme- 
diately taken  up  along  the  line. 

ROLL-CALLS. 

224. . .  .There  shall  be  daily  at  least  three  stated  roll-calls,  viz.,  at 
reveille,  retreat,  and  tattoo.  They  will  be  made  on  the  company  pa- 
rades by  the  first  sergeants,  superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer  of 
the  company.  The  captains  will  report  the  absentees  without  leave 
to  the  colonel  or  commanding  officer. 

225 Immediately  after  reveille  roll-call  (after  stable-duty  in  the 

cavalry),  the  tents  or  quarters,  and  the  space  around  them,  will  be  put 
in  order  by  the  men  of  the  companies,  superintended  by  the  chiefs 
of  squads,  and  the  guard-house  or  guard-tent  by  the  guard  or  pris- 
oners. 
/^26 The  morning  reports  of  companies,  signed  by  the  captains 


Honors  to  he  paid  by  the  Troops.  31 

and  First  Sergeants,  will  be  handed  to  the  Adjutant  before  eight 
o'clock  in  the  morning,  and  will  be  consolidated  by  the  Adjutant 
within  the  next  hour,  for  the  information  of  the  Colonel ;  and  if  the 
consolidation  is  to  be  sent  to  higher  authority,  it  will  be  signed  by 
the  Colonel  and  the  Adjutant. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

HONORS  TO  BE  PAID  BY  THE  TROOPS. 

227.  ...The  President  or  Vice-President  is  to  be  saluted  with  the 
highest  honors — all  standards  and  colors  dropping,  officers  and  troops 
saluting,  drums  beating  and  trumpets  sounding. 

228. . .  .A  General  commanding -in-chief  is  to  be  received — by  caval- 
ry, with  sabres  presented,  trumpets  sounding  the  march,  and  all  the 
officers  saluting,  standards  drojjping;  by  infantry,  with  drums  beat- 
ing the  march,  colors  dropping,  officers  saluting,  and  arms  presented. 

229 . . .  .A  Major- General  is  to  be  received — by  cavalry,  with  sabres 
presented,  trumpets  sounding  twice  the  trumpet-flourish,  and  officers 
saluting ;  by  infantry,  with  three  ruffles,  colors  dropping,  officers  sa- 
luting, and  arms  presented. 

230 A  Brigadier- General  is  to  be  received — by  cavalry,  with  sa- 
bres presented,  trumpets  sounding  once  the  trumpet-flourish,  and  offi- 
cers saluting ;  by  infantry,  with  two  ruffles,  colors  dropping,  officers 
saluting,  and  arms  presented. 

231 .  . .  .An  Adjutant- General  or  Inspector- General,  if  under  the  rank 
of  a  General  officer,  is  to  be  received  at  a  review  or  inspection  of  the 
trQops  under  arms — by  cavalry,  with  sabres  presented,  officers  salut- 
ing; by  infantry,  officers  saluting  and  arms  presented.  The  same 
honors' to  be  paid  to  any  field-officer  authorized  to  review  and  in- 
sp3ct  the  troops.  When  the  inspecting  officer  is  junior  to  the  officer 
commanding  the  parade,  no  compliments  will  be  paid :  he  will  be  re- 
ceived only  with  swords  drawn  and  arms  shouldered. 

232 All  guards  are  to  turn  out  and  present  arms  to  General  offi- 
cers as  often  as  they  pass  them,  except  the  personal  guards  of  General 
officers,  which  turn  out  only  to  the  Generals  whose  guards  they  are, 
and  to  officers  of  superior  rank. 

233 To  commanders  of  regiments,  garrison,  or  camp,  their  own 

guard  turn  out,  and  present  arms  once  a  day ;  after  which,  they  turn 
out  with  shouldered  arms. 

234. .  .  .To  the  members  of  the  Cabinet;  to  the  Chief  Justice,  the  Pi'es- 
ident  of  the  Senate,  and  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States  ;  and  to  Governors,  within  their  respective  States  and  Ter- 
ritories— the  same  honors  will  be  paid  as  to  a  General  commanding- 
in-chief. 


32  Honors  to  he  paid  hy  the  Troops. 

235 ....  Officers  of  a  foreign  service  may  be  complimented  with  the 
honors  due  to  their  rank. 

'236. . .  .American  and  Foreign  Envoys  or  Ministers  will  be  received 
with  the  compliments  due  to  a  Major-General. 

237. . .  .The  colors  of  a  regiment  passing  a  guard  are  to  be  saluted,  • 
the  trumpets  sounding,  and  the  drums  beating  a  march. 

238. . .  .When  General  officers,  or  persons  entitled  to  salute,  pass 
in  the  rear  of  a  guard,  the  officer  is  only  to  make  his  men  stand 
shouldered,  and  not  to  face  his  guard  about,  or  beat  his  druna. 

239. . .  .\Yhen  General  officers,  or  persons  entitled  to  a  salute,  pass 
guards  while  in  the  act  of  relieving,  both  guards  are  to  salute,  re- 
ceiving the  word  of  command  from  the  senior  officer  of  the  whole. 

240. . .  .AH  guards  are  to  be  under  arms  when  armed  parties  ap- 
proach their  posts ;  and  to  parties  commanded  by  commissioned  offi- 
cers, they  are  to  present  their  arms,  drums  beating  a  march,  and  offi- 
cers saluting. 

241 I^o  compliments  by  guards  or  sentinels  will  be  paid  be 

tween  retreat  and  reveille,  except  as  prescribed  for  grand  rounds. 

242 All  guards  and  sentinels  are  to  pay  the  same  compliment? 

to  the  officers  of  the  navy,  marines,  and  militia,  in  the  service  of  tho 
United  States,  as  are  directed  to  be  paid  to  the  officers  of  the  army, 
according  to  their  relative  ranks. 

243 ....  It  is  equally  the  duty  of  non-commissioned  officers  and  sol- 
diers, at  all  times  and  in  all  situations,  to  pay  the  proper  compliments 
to  officers  of  the  navy  and  marines,  and  to  officers  of  other  regiments, 
when  in  uniform,  as  to  officers  of  their  own  particular  regiments  and 
corps. 

244 Courtesy  among  military  men  is  indispensable  to  disci- 
pline. Respect  to  superiors  will  not  be  confined  to  obedience  on 
duty,  but  will  be  extended  to  all  occasions.  It  is  always  the  duty  of 
the  inferior  to  accost  or  to  offer  first  the  customary  salutation,  and 
of  the  superior  to  return  such  complimentary  notice. 

245 ....  Sergeants,  with  swords  drawn,  will  salute  by  bringing  them 
to  a  present — with  muskets,  by  bringing  the  left  hand  across  the 
body,  so  as  to  strike  the  musket  near  the  right  shoulder.  Coi-porals 
out  of  the  ranks,  and  privates  not  sentries,  will  carry  their  muskets 
at  a  shoulder  as  sergeants,  and  salute  in  like  manner. 

246 When  a  soldier  without  arms,  or  with  side-anns   only, 

meets  an  officer,  he  is  to  raise  his  hand  to  the  right  side  of  the  visor 
of  his  cap,  palm  to  the  front,  elbow  raised  as  high  as  the  shoulder, 
looking  at  the  same  time  in  a  respectful  and  soldier-like  manner  at 
the  officer;  who  will  return  the  compliment  thus  offered. 


Salutes ....  Escorts  of  Honor.  33- 

247.... A  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  being  seated,  and 
without  particular  occupation,  will  rise  on  the  approach  of  an  officer, 
and  make  the  'customary  salutation.  If  standing,  he  will  turn  to- 
ward the  officer  for  the  same  purpose.  If  the  parties  remain  in  the 
same  place  or  on  the  same  ground,  such  compliments  need  not  be  re- 
peated. 

SALUTES. 

248 The  national  salute  is  determined  by  the  number  of  States 

composing  the  Union,  at  the  rate  of  one  gun  for  each  State. 

249.  . .  .The  President  of  the  United  States  alone  is  to  receive  a  sa- 
lute of  twenty-one  guns. 

250. . .  .The  Vice-President  is  to  receive  a  salute  of  seventeen  guns. 

251 The  Heads  of  the  great  Executive  Departments  of  the  Na- 
tional Government ;  the  General  commanding  the  army ;  the  Governors 
of  States  and  Territories,  within  their  respective  jurisdictions,  fifteen 
guns. 

252 A  Major-General,  thirteen  guns. 

253. . . .  A  Brigadier-General,  eleven  guns. 

254 ....  Foreign  ships  of  war  will  be  saluted  in  return  for  a  similar 
compliment,  gun  for  gun,  on  notice  being  officially  received  of  such 
intention.  If  there  be  several  posts  in  sight  of,  or  within  six  miles 
of  each  other,  the  principal  only  shall  reciprocate  compliments  with 
ships  passing. 

255 ....  Officers  of  the  Navy  will  be  saluted  according  to  relative 
rank. 

256 Foreign  Officers  invited  to  visit  a  fort  or  post  may  be  sa- 
luted according  to  their  relative  rank. 

257 Envoys  and  Ministers   of  the  United  States  and  foreign 

powers  are  to  be  saluted  with  thirteen  guns. 

258.  ...A  General  officer  will  be  saluted  but  once  in  a  year  at 
each  post,  and  only  when  notice  of  his  intention  to  visit  the  post  has 
been  given. 

259 ....  Salutes  to  individuals  are  to  be  fired  on  their  arrival  only. 

260.  . . .  A  national  salute  will  be  fired  at  meridian  on  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States,  at  each  military  post 
and  camp  provided  with  artillery  and  ammunition. 

ESCORTS    OF   HONOR. 

261 Escorts  of  honorwnay  be  composed  of  cavalry  or  infantry, 

or  both,  according  to  circumstances.     They  are  guards  of  honor  for 
the  purpose  of  receiving  and  escorting  personages  of  high  rank,  civil 

B2 


34  Funeral  Honors* 

or  military.  The  troops  for  this  purpose  will  be  selected  for  their 
soldierly  appearance  and  superior  discipline. 

262. . .  .The  escort  will  be  drawn  up  in  line,  the  centre  opposite  to 
the  place  where  the  personage  presents  himself,  with  an  interval  be- 
tween the  wings  to  receive  him  and  his  retinue.  On  his  appearance, 
he  will  be  received  with  the  honors  due  to  his  rank.  When  he  has 
taken  his  place  in  the  line,  the  whole  will  be  wheeled  into  platoons 
or  companies,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  take  up  the  march.  The 
same  ceremony  will  be  observed,  and  the  same  honors  paid,  on  his 
leaving  the  escort. 

263 ....  When  the  position  of  the  escort  is  at  a  considerable  dis- 
tance from  the  point  where  he  is  expected  to  be  received,  as,  for  in- 
stance, where  a  court-yard  or  wharf  interv^enes,  a  double  line  of  sen- 
tinels will  be  posted  from  that  point  to  the  escort,  facing  inward,  and 
the  sentinels  will  successively  salute  as  he  passes. 

264. . .  .An  officer  will  be  appointed  to  attend  him,  to  bear  such 
communications  as  he  may  have  to  make  to  the  commander  of  the 
escort. 

FUNERAL  HONORS. 

265 ....  On  the  receipt  of  official  intelligence  of  the  death  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  at  any  post  or  camp,  the  commanding 
officer  shall,  on  the  following  day,  cause  a  gun  to  be  fired  at  ever\- 
half  hour,  beginning  at  sunrise,  and  ending  at  sunset.  When  posts 
are  contiguous,  the  firing  will  take  j^lace  at  the  post  only  commanded 
by  the  superior  officer. 

266 ....  On  the  day  of  the  interment  of  a  General  commanding-in- 
chief,  a  gun  will  be  fired  at  every  half  hour,  until  the  procession 
moves,  beginning  at  sunrise. 

267.  . .  .The  funeral  escort  of  a  General  commanding-in-chief  shall 
consist  of  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squadron  of  cavalry,  and  six 
pieces  of  artillery. 

268 That  of  a  Major-  General,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squad- 
ron of  cavalry,  and  four  pieces  of  artillery. 

269 That  of  a  Brigadier- General,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  one 

company  of  cavalry,  and  two  pieces  of  artillery. 

270. . .  .That  of  a  Colonel,  a  regiment. 

271 .  . .  .That  of  a  Lieutenant- Colonel,  six  companies. 

272.  . .  .That  of  a  Major,  four  companies. 
273 ....  That  of  a  Captain,  one  compan^ 
274.  . .  .That  of  a  Subaltern,  half  a  company. 

275 The  funeral  escort  shall  always  be  commanded  bv  an  o^~ 


Funeral  Honors.  35 

cer  of  the  same  rank  with  the  deceased ;  or,  if  none  such  be  present, 
by  one  of  the  next  inferior  grade. 

276. . .  .The  funeral  escort  of  a  non-commissioned  staff  officer  shall 
consist  of  sixteen  rank  and  file,  commanded  by  a  Sergeant. 

277.  . .  .That  of  a  Sergeant,  of  fourteen  rank  and  file,  commanded 
by  a  Sergeant. 

278.  . .  -That  of  a  Corporal,  of  twelve  rank  and  file,  commanded  by 
a  Corporal ;  and, 

279.  . .  .That  of  a  private,  of  eight  rank  and  file,  commanded  by  a 
Corporal. 

280 The  escort  will  be  formed  in  two  ranks,  opposite  to  the 

quarters  or  tent  of  the  deceased,  with  shouldered  arms  and  bayonets 
unfixed  ;  the  artillery  and  cavalry  on  the  right  of  the  infantry. 

281.  . .  .On  the  appearance  of  the  corpse,  the  oflGicer  commanding 
the  escort  will  command. 

Present — Arms  ! 

when  the  honors  due  to  the  deceased  will  be  paid  by  the  drums  and 
trumpets.  The  music  will  then  play  an  appropriate  air,  and  the  coffin 
will  then  be  taken  to  the  right,  where  it  will  be  halted.  The  com- 
mander will  next  order, 

1.  Shoulder — Arms  !  2.  By  company  (^or platoon)^  left  wheel.  3.  March  ! 
A:,  Reverse — Arms!    b.  Column^  J orward,    Q.  Guide  right,    7.  March! 

The  arms  will  be  reversed  at  the  order  by  bringing  the  firelock 
under  the  left  arm,  butt  to  the  front,  barrel  downward,  left  hand  sus- 
taining the  lock,  the  right  steadying  the  firelock  behind  the  back; 
swords  are  reversed  in  a  similar  manner-under  the  right  arm. 

282.  . .  .The  column  will  be  marched  in  slow  time  to  solemn  music, 
and,  on  reaching  the  grave,  will  take  a  direction  so  as  that  the  guides 
shall  be  next  to  the  grave.  When  the  centre  of  the  column  is  oppo- 
site the  grave,  the  commander  will  order, 

1.   Column.     2.  Halt  !     3.  Tdght  into  line,  wheel.     4.  March  ! 

The  coffin  is  then  brought  along  the  front,  to  the  opposite  side  of  the 
grave,  and  the  commander  then  orders, 

1.  ShoSler-^AiChis, !     2.  Present— A-Ryis  ! 

And  when  the  coffin  reaches  the  gi-ave,  he  adds, 


36  Funeral  Honors, 

1.  Shoulder — Aems  !     2.  Rest  on — ^Arms\ 

The  rest  on  arms  is  done  by  placing  the  muzzle  on  the  left  foot, 
both  hands  on  the  butt,  the  head  on  the  hands  or  bowed,  right  knee 
bent. 

283 After  the  funeral  service  is  performed,  and  the  coflfin  is 

lowered  into  the  grave,  the  commander  will  order, 

1.  Attention  !    2.  Shoulder — Arms  !     3.  Load  at  icill.    4.  Load  ! 

"NYhen  three  rounds  of  small  arms  will  be  fired  by  the  escort,  taking 
care  to  elevate  the  pieces. 

284 This  being  done,  the  commander  will  order, 

1.  By  company  (or  platoon^  right  wheel.     2.  March  !     3.  Column,  for- 
ward.    4.  Guide  left.    5.  Qidch — March  ! 

The  music  will  not  begin  to  play  until  the  escort  is  clear  of  the  in- 
closure. 

285.  . .  .When  the  distance  to  the  place  of  interment  is  consider- 
able, the  escort  may  march  in  common  time  and  in  column  of  route, 
after  leaving  the  camp  or  garrison,  and  till  it  approaches  the  burial- 
ground. 

286 ....  The  pall-bearers,  six  in  number,  will  be  selected  from  the 
grade  of  the  deceased,  or  from  the  grade  or  grades  next  above  or  be- 
low it. 

287 At  the  funeral  of  an  ofiicer,  as  many  in  commission  of  the 

army,  division,  brigade,  or  regiment,  according  to  the  rank  of  the 
deceased,  as  can  conveniently  be  spared  from  other  duties,  will  join 
in  procession  in  uniform,  and  with  side-arms.  The  funeral  of  a  non- 
commissioned officer  or  private  will  be  attended,  in  like  manner,  by 
the  non-commissioned  officers  or  privates  of  the  regiment  or  com- 
pany, according  to  the  rank  of  the  deceased,  with  side-arms  only. 

288 ....  Persons  joining  in  the  procession  follow  the  coffin  in  the 
inverse  order  of  their  rank. 

289 The  usual  badge  of  military  mourning  is  a  piece  of  black 

crape  around  the'Jjif  arm,  above  the  elbow,  and  also  upon  the  sword- 
hilt  ;  and  will  be  worn  when  in  full  or  in  undress. 

290.  . .  .As  family  mourning,  crape  will  be  worn  by  officers  (when 
in  uniform)  only  around  the  left  arm.  *-^ 

291. . .  .The  drums  of  a  funeral  escort  will  be  covered  with  black 
crape,  or  thin  black  serge. 


Inspections  of  the  Troops ....  Form  of  Inspection,       37 

292 ....  Funeral  honors  will  be  paid  to  deceased  officers  without 
military  rank  according  to  their  assimilated  grades. 

ARTICLE  XXX. 

INSPECTIONS    OF   THE    TROOPS. 

293. . .  .The  inspection  of  troops,  as  a  division,  regiment,  or  other 
body  composing  a  garrison  or  commo-nd,  not  less  than  a  company, 
will  generally  be  preceded  by  a  review. 

294 There  will  be  certain  periodical  inspections,  to  wit ; 

1.  Tlie  commanders  of  regiments  and  posts  will  make  an  inspec- 
tion of  their  commands  on  the  last  day  of  every  month. 

2.  Captains  will  inspect  their  companies  every  Sunday  morning. 
No  soldier  will  be  excused  from  Sunday  inspection  except  the  guard, 
the  sick,  and  the  necessary  attendants  in  the  hospital. 

3.  Medical  officers  having  charge  of  hospitals  will  also  make  a 
thorough  inspection  of  them  every  Sunday  morning. 

4.  Inspection  when  troops  are  mustered  for  payment. 

295.  . .  .Besides  these  inspections,  frequent  visits  will  be  made  by 
the  commanding  officer,  company  and  medical  officers,  during  the 
month,  to  the  men's  quarters,  the  hospital,  guard-house,  &c. 

FORM   OF   INSPECTION. 

296 The  present  example   embraces   a  battalion  of  infantry. 

The  inspecting  officer  and  the  field  and  staff  officers  will  be  on  foot. 

297.  . .  vThe  battalion  being  in  the  order  of  battle,  the  Colonel  will 
cause  it  to  break  into  open  column  of  companies,  right  in  front.  He 
will  next  order  the  ranks  to  be  opened,  when  the  color-rank  and 
color-guard,  under  the  direction  of  the  Adjutant,  will  take  post  ten 
paces  in  front,  and  the  band  ten  paces  in  rear  of  the  column. 

298 The  Colonel,  seeing  the  ranks  aligned,  will  command, 

1.   Officers  and  Sergeants,  to  the  front  of  your  companies.     2.  March  ! 

The  officers  will  form  themselves  in  one  rank,  eight  paces,  and  the 
non-commissioned  officers  in  one  rank,  six  paces,  in  advance,  along 
the  whole  fronts  of  their  respective  companies,  from  right  to  left,  in 
the  order  of  seniority  ;  the  pioneers  and  music  of  each  company,  in 
one  rank,  two  paces  behind  the  non-commissioned  officers. 
299.  . .  .The  Colonel  will  next  command. 

Field  and  staff,  to  the  front — March  ! 

The  commissioned  officers  thus  designated  will  form  themselves  in 


88  Form  of  Inspection, 

one  rank,  on  a  line  equal  to  the  front  of  the  column,  six  paces  in 
front  of  the  colors,  from  right  to  left,  in  the  order  of  seniority ;  and 
the  non-commissioned  staif,  in  a  similar  manner,  two  paces  in  rear  of 
the  preceding  rank.  The  Colonel,  seeing  the  mo^-ement  executed, 
will  take  post  on  the  right  of  the  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and  wait  the  ap- 
proach of  the  inspecting  officer.  But  such  of  the  field  officers  as  may 
be  superior  in  rank  to  the  Inspector  will  not  take  post  in  front  of  the 
battalion. 

300 The  Inspector  will  commence  in  front.     After  inspecting 

the  dress  and  general  appearance  of  the  field  and  commissioned  staflT 
under  arms,  the  Inspector,  accompanied  by  these  officers,  will  pass 
down  the  open  column,  looking  at  every  rank  in  front  and  rear. 

301 . . .  .The  Colonel  will  now  command, 

1.   Order  arms.     2.  Eest  ! 

\\iien  the  Inspector  will  proceed  to  make  a  minute  inspection  of  the 
reveral  ranks  or  divisions,  in  succession,  commencing  in  front. 

302 As  the  Inspector  approaches  the  non-commissioned  staff, 

color-rank,  the  color-guard,  and  the  band,  the  Adjutant  will  give  the 
necessar}'  orders  for  the  inspection  of  anns,  boxes,  and  knapsacks. 
The  colors  will  be  planted  firm  in  the  ground,  to  enable  the  color- 
bearers  to  display  the  contents  of  their  knapsacks.  The  non-commis- 
sioned stafi"  may  be  dismissed  as  soon  as  inspected ;  but  the  color-rank 
and  color-guard  will  remain  until  the  colors  are  to  be  escorted  to  the 
place  from  which  they  were  taken. 

303 As  the  Inspector  successively  approaches  the  companies,  the 

Captains  will  command, 

\.  Attention.     2.  Company.     ^.Inspection — Aems  ! 

The  inspecting  officer  will  then  go  through  the  whole  company,  and 
minutely  inspect  the  arms,  accoutrements,  and  dress  of  each  soldier. 
After  this  is  done,  the  Captain  will  command, 

Open — Boxes  ! 

when  the  ammunition  and  the  boxes  will  be  examined. 
304 The  Captain  will  then  command, 

1.  '5^oMZc?er— Arms  !  3.  jVIarch  ! 

2.  Close  order.  4.  Order — Arms  ! 


Fo7in  of  Inspection,  39 

5.  Stack — Arms  !  8.  Front  rank — About — Face  ! 

6.  To  the  reary  open  order.  9.  UnsUng — Knapsacks. 

7.  March  !  10.  Open — Knapsacks. 

305.... The  Sergeants  will  face  inward  at  the  2d  command,  and 
close  upon  the  centre  at  the  3d,  and  stack  their  arms  at  the  5th  com- 
mand ;  at  the  Gth  command  they  face  outward,  and  resume  their  po- 
sitions at  the  7th.  When  the  ranks  are  closed,  preparatory  to  take 
ar?7iSy  the  Sergeants  will  also  close  upon  the  centre,  and  at  the  word, 
take  their  arms  and  resume  their  places, 

306 The  knapsacks  will  be  placed  at  the  feet  of  the  men,  the 

flaps  from  them,  with  the  great-coats  on  the  flaps,  and  the  knapsacks 
leaning  on  the  great-coats.  In  this  position  the  Inspector  will  exam- 
ine their  contents,  or  so  many  of  them  as  he  may  think  necessary, 
commencing'with  the  non-commissioned  oflScers,  the  men  standing  at 
attention. 

307 When  the  Inspector  has  passed  through  the  company,  the 

Captain  will  command, 

Repack — Knapsacks  ; 

when  each  soldier  will  repack  and  buckle  up  his  knapsack,  leaving  it 
on  the  ground,  the  number  upward,  turned  from  him,  and  then  stand 
at  rest. 

308. . .  .The  Captain  will  then  command, 

1.  Attention.     2.  Company.     3.  Sling — Knapsacks, 

At  the  word  sling,  each  soldier  will  take  his  knapsack,  holding  it  by 
the  inner  straps,  and  stand  erect ;  at  the  last  word  he  will  replace  it 
on  his  back.     The  Captain  will  continue, 

4.  Front  rank — About — Face  !  8.  Shoulder — Arms  ! 

5.  Close  order.  9.  Officers  and  Sergeants^  to  your 

6.  March  !  posts. 

7.  Ta/.e— Arms!  10.  March! 

and  will  cause  the  company  to  file  off  to  their  tents  or  quarters,  ex- 
cept the  company  that  is  to  re-escort  the  colors,  which  will  await  the 
further  orders  of  the  Colonel. 

309 ....  In  an  extensive  column,  some  of  the  rearmost  companies 
may,  after  the  inspection  of  dress  and  general  appearance,  be  permit- 


40  Inspections ....  Musters. 

ted  to  stack  arms  until  just  before  the  Inspector  approaches  them, 
when  they  will  be  directed  to  take  arms  and  resume  their  position. 

310 The  inspection  of  the  troops  being  ended,  the  field  and 

staff  will  next  accompany  the  Inspector  to  the  hospital,  magazine,  ar- 
senal, quarters,  sutler's  shop,  guard-house,  and  such  other  places  as  he 
may  think  proper  to  inspect.  The  Captains  and  subalterns  repair  to 
their  companies  and  sections  to  await  the  Inspector. 

311.  . .  .The  hospital  being  at  all  times  an  object  of  particular  in- 
terest, it  will  be  critically  and  minutely  inspected. 

312 ....  The  men  will  be  formed  in  the  company  quarters  in  front 
of  their  respective  bunks,  and  on  the  entrance  of  the  Inspector  the  word 
Attention  !  will  be  given  by  the  senior  non-commissioned  officer  pres- 
ent, when  the  whole  will  salute  with  the  hand,  without  uncovering. 

313.  . .  .The  Inspector,  attended  by  the  company  officers,  will  exam- 
ine the  general  arrangement  of  the  interior  of  the  quarters,  the  bunks, 
bedding,  cooking,  and  table  utensils,  and  such  other  objects  as  may 
present  themselves  ;  and  afterward  the  exterior. 

314. . .  .The  Adjutant  will  exhibit  to  the  Inspector  the  regimental 
books  and  papers,  including  those  relating  to  the  transactions  of  the 
Council  of  Administration.  The  company  books  and  papers  will  also 
be  exhibited,  the  whole  together,  generally  at  the  Adjutant's  office, 
and  in  the  presence  of  the  officers  not  otherwise  particularly  engaged. 

315 The  Inspector  will  examine  critically  the  books  and  ac- 
counts of  the  administrative  and  disbursing  officers  of  the  command, 
and  the  money  and  property  in  their  keeping. 

316.  . .  .The  inspection  of  cavaliy  and  artillery  will  conform  to  the 
principles  laid  down  in  the  foregoing  paragraphs,  regard  being  had  to 
the  system  of  instruction  for  those  arms  of  service  respectively. 

ARTICLE  XXXr. 

MUSTERS. 

317. . .  .The  musters  will  be  made  by  an  Inspector-General,  if  pres- 
ent, otherwise  by  an  officer  specially  designated  by  the  Commander 
of  the  Army,  Division,  or  Department ;  and  in  absence  of  either  an 
Inspector- General  or  officer  specially  designated,  the  muster  will  be 
made  by  the  commander  of  the  post. 

318.  . .  .When  one  inspecting  officer  can  not  muster  all  the  troops 
himself  on  the  day  specified,  the  commanding  officer  will  designate 
such  other  competent  officers  as  may  be  necessary,  to  assist  him. 

319.  . .  .AH  stated  musters  of  the  troops  shall  be  preceded  by  a  mi- 
nute and  careful  inspection  in  the  prescribed  mode ;  and  if  the  com- 
mand be  more  than  a  company,  by  a  revieiv,  before  inspection. 


Musters. . .  .Forms  of  Parade.  41 

320.  . .  .The  mustering  officer  having  inspected  the  companies  in 
succession,  beginning  on  the  right,  returns  to  the  first  company  to 
muster  it.  The  company  being  at  ordered  arms^  with  open  ranks,  as 
when  inspected,  the  Captain  will,  as  the  mustering  officer  approach- 
es, command, 

\,  Attention.    2.  Company !    Z.  Shoulder — Akms!    A.  Support — Arms! 

The  mustering  officer  will  then  call  over  the  names  on  the  roll,  and 
each  man,  as  his  name  is  called,  will  distinctly  answer.  Here!  and 
bring  his  piece  to  a  carry  and  to  an  order. 

321 After  each  company  is  mustered,  the  Captain  will  order  it 

to  be  marched  to  the  company  parade,  and  there  dismissed  to  quar- 
ters to  await  the  Inspector's  visit. 

322 ....  After  mustering  the  companies,  the  mustering  officer,  at- 
tended by  the  company  commanders,  will  visit  the  guard  and  hospi- 
tal, to  verify  the  presence  of  the  men  reported  there. 

323 The  muster  and  pay  rolls  will  be  made  on  the  printed 

forms  furnished  from  the  Adjutant-General's  office,  and  according  to 
the  directions  given  on  them.  On  the  muster-rolls  companies  are 
designated  by  the  name  of  the  Captain,  whether  present  or  absent. 
The  pay-roll  is  left  blank,  to  be  filled  by  the  Paymaster. 

324 ....  One  copy  of  each  muster-roll  will  be  transmitted  by  the 
mustering  officer  to  the  Adjutant^General's  office  in  the  War  Depart- 
ment within  three  days  after  the  muster. 

ARTICLE  XXXII. 

FORMS    OF    PARADE. 

325 On  all  parades  of  ceremony,  such  as  Reviews,  Guard-mount- 
ing, at  Troop  or  Retreat  parades,  instead  of  the  word  ^^Eestj"  which 
allows  the  men  to  move  or  change  the  position  of  their  bodies,  the  • 
command  will  be  "Parade — Rest!"  At  the  last  word  of  this  com- 
mand, the  soldier  will  carry  the  right  foot  six  inches  in  rear  of  the 
left  heel,  the  left  knee  slightly  bent,  the  body  upright  upon  the  right 
leg ;  the  muskei  resting  against  the  hollow  of  the  right  shoulder,  the 
hands  crossed  in  front,  the  backs  of  them  outward,  and  the  left  hand 
uppermost.  At  the  word  "  Attention  !"  the  soldier  will  resume  the 
correct  position  at  ordered  arms.  In  the  positions  here  indicated,  the 
soldier  will  remain  silent  and  motionless ;  and  it  is  particularly  en- 
joined upon  all  officers  to  cause  the  commands  above  given,  on  the 
part  of  the  soldier,  to  be  executed  with  great  briskness  and  spirit. 

326 ....  Officers  on  all  duties  under  arms  are  to  have  their  swords 
drawn,  without  waiting  for  any  words  of  command  for  that  purpose. 


42  Dress  Parade, 


I.    DRESS   PARADE. 

327. . .  .There  shall  be  daily  one  dress  parade,  at  troop  or  retreat,  as 
the  commaDdiiig  officer  may  direct. 

328 ....  A  signal  will  be  beat  or  sounded  half  an  hour  before  troop 
or  retreat,  for  the  music  to  assemble  on  the  regimental  parade,  and 
each  company  to  turn  out  under  arms  on  its  own  parade,  for  roll-call 
and  inspection  by  its  own  officers. 

329.  . .  .Ten  minutes  after  that  signal,  the  Adjutants  call  will  be 
given,  when  the  Captains  will  march  their  companies  (the  band  play- 
ing) to  the  regimental  parade,  where  they  take  their  positions  in  the 
order  of  battle.  When  the  line  is  formed,  the  Captain  of  the  first 
company,  on  notice  from  the  Adjutant,  steps  one  pace  to  the  front, 
and  gives  to  his  company  the  command,  *'  Order — Arms  !  Parade — 
Rest!"  which  is  repeated  by  each  Captain  in  succession  to  the  left. 
The  Adjutant  takes  post  two  paces  on  the  right  of  the  line ;  the  Ser- 
geant-major two  paces  on  the  left.  The  music  will  be  formed  in  two 
ranks  on  the  right  of  the  Adjutant.  The  senior  officer  present  will 
take  the  command  of  the  parade,  and  will  take  post  at  a  suitable  dis- 
tance in  front,  opposite  the  centre,  facing  the  line. 

330.  . .  .When  the  companies  have  ordered  arms,  the  Adjutant  will 
order  the  music  to  heat  off,  when  it  will  commence  on  the  right,  beat 
in  front  of  the  line  to  the  left,  and  back  to  its  place  on  the  right. 

331.  . .  .When  the  music  has  ceased,  the  Adjutant  will  step  two 
paces  to  the  front,  face  to  the  left,  and  command, 

1.  Attention!     2.  Battalion,     3.  Shoulder — Arms!     4.  Prepare  to  open 
ranks!    5.  To  the  rear,  open  order!     6.  March. 

At  the  sixth  command,  the  ranks  will  be  opened  according  to  the  sys- 
tem laid  down  in  the  Infantry  Tactics,  the  commissioned  officers 
marching  to  the  front,  the  company  officers  four  paces,  field  officers 
six  paces,  opposite  to  their  positions  in  the  order  of  battle,  where  they 
will  halt  and  dress.  The  Adjutant,  seeing  the  ranks  aligned,  will 
command, 

Front ! 

and  march  along  the  front  to  the  centre,  face  to  the  right,  and  pass 
the  line  of  company  officers  eight  or  ten  paces,  where  he  will  come  to 
the  right-about,  and  command. 

Present — Arms  ! 

wifeien  amis  will  be  presented,  officers  saluting. 


Dress  Parade,  43 

332 ....  Seeing  this  executed,  he  will  face  about  to  the  command- 
ing officer,  salute,  and  report,  ''''Sir,  the  parade  is  formed.^''  The  Adju- 
tant will  then,  on  intimation  to  that  effect,  take  his  station  three 
paces  on  the  left  of  the  commanding  officer,  one  pace  retired,  passing 
round  his  rear. 

333 The  commanding  officer,  having  acknowledged  the  salute 

of  the  line  by  touching  his  hat,  will,  after  the  Adjutant  has  taken  his 
post,  draw  his  sword,  and  command, 

1.  Battalion.     2.  Shoulder — Akms  ! 

and  add  such  exercises  as  he  may  think  proper,  concluding  with 

Order — Arms  ! 

then  return  his  sword,  and  direct  the  Adjutant  to  receive  the  reports. 
334.  . .  .The  Adjutant  will  now  pass  round  the  right  of  the  com- 
manding officer,  advance  upon  the  line,  halt  midway  between  him 
and  the  line  of  company  officers,  and  command, 

"[.  First  Sergeants,  to  the  front  and  centre.     2.  March! 

At  the  first  command,  they  will  shoulder  arms  as  Sergeants,  march 
two  paces  to  the  front,  and  face  inward.  At  the  second  command, 
they  will  march  to  the  centre,  and  halt.  The  Adjutant  will  then 
order, 

1.  Front — Face.     2.  Report. 

At  the  last  word,  each  in  succession,  beginning  on  the  right,  will  sa- 
lute by  bringing  the  left  hand  smartly  across  the  breast  to  the  right 
shoulder,  and  report  the  result  of  the  roll-call  previously  made  on  the 
company  parade. 

335. . .  .The  Adjutant  again  commands, 

1.  First  Sergeants,  outward — Face  !     2.  To  your  posts — March! 

when  they  will  resume  their  places,  and  order  arms.  The  Adjutant 
will  now  face  to  the  commanding  officer,  salute,  report  absent  of- 
ficers, and  give  the  result  of  the  First  Sergeants'  reports.  The  com- 
manding officer  will  next  direct  the  orders  to  be  read,  when  the  Ad- 
jutant will  face  about  and  announce, 


44  Dress  Parade ....  Beview. 

Attention  to  Girders. 

He  will  then  read  the  orders. 

336.  , .  .The  orders  having  been  read,  the  Adjutant  will  face  to  the 
commanding  officer,  salute,  and  report ;  when,  on  an  intimation  from 
the  commander,  he  will  face  again  to  the  line,  and  announce, 

Parade  is  dismissed. 

All  the  officers  will  now  return  their  swords,  face  inward,  and  close 
on  the  Adjutant,  he  having  taken  position  in  their  line,  the  field  of- 
ficers on  the  flanks.     The  Adjutant  commands, 

1.  Front — ^Face  !     2.  Forivard — March  ! 

when  they  will  march  forward,  dressing  on  the  centre,  the  music 
playing,  and  when  within  six  paces  of  the  commander,  the  Adjutant 
will  give  the  word, 

Halt! 

The  officers  will  then  salute  the  commanding  ofiScer  by  raising  the 
hand  to  the  cap,  and  there  remain  until  he  shall  liave  communicated 
to  them  such  instructions  as  he  may  have  to  give,  or  intimates  that 
the  ceremony  is  finished.  As  the  officers  disperse,  the  First  Sergeants 
will  close  the  ranks  of  their  respective  companies,  and  march  them  to 
the  company  parades,  where  they  will  be  dismissed,  the  band  contin- 
uing to  play  until  the  companies  clear  the  regimental  parade. 

337. . .  .All  field  and  company  officers  and  men  will  be  present  at 
dress  parades,  unless  especially  excused,  or  on  some  duty  incompati- 
ble with  such  attendance. 

338. . .  .A  dress  parade  once  a  day  will  not  be  dispensed  with,  ex- 
cept on  extraordinary  and  urgent  occasions. 

II.    REVIEW^    OF    A   BATTALION    OF    INFANTRY. 

339 ....  Preparatory  to  a  ^view,  the  Adjutant  will  cause  a  camp- 
color  to  be  placed  80  or  100  paces,  or  more,  according  to  the  length 
of  the  line,  in  front  of,  and  opposite  to,  where  the  centre  of  the  bat- 
talion will  rest,  where  the  reviewing  officer  is  supposed  to  take  his 
station ;  and,  although  he  may  choose  to  quit  that  position,  still  the 
color  is  to  be  consideried  as  the  point  to  which  all  the  movements  and 
foi*mations  are  relative. 

340.  . .  .The  Adjutant  will  also  cause  points  to  be  marked,  at  suit' 


Review.  45 

able  distances,  for  the  wheelings  of  the  divisions ;  so  that  their  right 
flanks,  in  marching  past,  shall  only  be  about  four  paces  from  the 
camp-color,  where  it  is  supposed  the  reviewing  olficer  places  himself 
to  receive  the  salute. 

341. . .  .The  battalion  being  formed  in  the  order  of  battle,  at  shoul- 
dered arms,  the  Colonel  will  command, 

1.  Battalion,  prepare  for  review  !    2.  To  the  rear,  open  order.    3.  March  ! 

At  the  word  March,  the  field  and  staff  officers  dismount ;  the  com- 
pany officers  and  the  color-rank  advance  four  paces  in  front  of  the 
front  rank,  and  place  themselves  opposite  to  their  respective  places, 
in  the  order  of  battle.  The  color-guard  replace  the  color-rank.  The 
staff  officers  place  themselves,  according  to  rank,  three  paces  on  the 
right  of  the  rank  of  company  officers,  and  one  pace  from  each  other ; 
the  music  takes  post  as  at  parade.  The  non-commissioned  staff  take 
post  one  pace  from  each  other,  and  three  paces,  on  the  right  of  the 
front  rank  of  the  battalion. 
342 When  the  ranks  are  aligned,  the  Colonel  will  command, 

Front! 

and  place  himself  eight  paces,  and  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Major 
will  place  themselves  two  paces,  in  front  of  the  rank  of  company  offi- 
cers, and  opposite  to  their  respective  places  in  the  order  of  battle, 
all  facing  to  the  front. 

343 ....  When  the  reviewing  officer  presents  himself  before  the  cen- 
tre, and  is  fifty  or  sixty  paces  distant,  the  Colonel  will  face  about,  and 
command, 

Present — ^Arms  ! 

and  resume  his  front.  The  men  present  arms,  and  the  officers  salute, 
so  as  to  drop  their  swords  with  the  last  motion  of  the  firelock.  The 
non-commissioned  staff  salute  by  bringing  the  sword  to  2i  poise,  the  hilt 
resting  on  the  breast,  the  blade  in  front  of  the  face,  inclining  a  little 
outward.  The  music  will  play,  and  all  the  drums  beat,  according  to 
the  rank  of  the  reviewing  officer.  The  colors  only  salute  such  per- 
sons as,  from  their  rank,  and  by  regulation  (see  Article  XXIX.),  are 
entitled  to  that  honor.  If  the  reviewing  officer  be  junior  in  rank  to 
the  commandant  of  the  parade,  no  compliment  will  be  paid  to  him, 
but  he  will  be  received  with  arms  carried,  a^d  the  officers  will  not 
salute  as  the  column  passes  in  review. 

344,  . .  .The  reviewing  officer  having  halted,  and  acknowledged  the 


46  Review, 

salute  of  the  line  by  touching  or  raising  his  cap  or  hat,  the  Colonel 
will  face  about  and  command, 

Shoulder — Arms  ! 

when  the  men  shoulder  their  pieces ;  the  officers  and  noti-commis- 
sioned  staff  recover  their  swords  with  the  last  motion,  and  the  Colonel 
faces  to  the  front. 

345.... The  reviewing  officer  will  then  go  toward  the  right,  the 
whole  remaining  perfectly  steady,  without  paying  any  further  compli- 
ment, while  he  passes  along  the  front  of  the  battalion,  and  proceeds 
round  the  left  flank,  and  along  the  rear  of  the  file-closers,  to  the  right. 
While  the  reviewing  officer  is  going  round  the  battalion,  the  band  will 
play,  and  will  cease  when  he  has  returned  to  the  right  flank  of  the 
troops. 

346.  . .  .When  the  reviewing  officer  turns  off,  to  place  himself  by  the 
camp-color  in  front,  the  Colonel  will  face  to  the  line  and  command, 

i.  Close  Order.     2.  March! 

At  the  first  command,  the  field  and  company  officers  will  face  to 
the  right-about,  and  at  the  second  command,  all  persons,  except  the 
Colonel,  will  resume  their  places  in  the  order  of  battle ;  the  field  and 
staff' officers  mount. 

347.  ...The  reviewing  officer  having  taken  his  position  near  the 
camp-color,  the  Colonel  will  command, 

1.  By  company,  right  wheel.     2.  Quick — March!     3.  Pass  in  review. 
4.  Column,  forward.     5.  Guide  right.     6.  March  ! 

The  battalion,  in  column  of  companies,  right  in  front,  will  then,  in 
common  time,  and  at  shouldered  arms,  be  put  in  motion ;  the  Colonel 
four  paces  in  front  of  the  Captain  of  the  leading  company;  the  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel on  a  line  with  the  leading  company;  the  Major  on  a 
line  with  the  rear  company;  the  Adjutant  on  a  line  with  the  second 
company;  the  Sergeant-Major  on  a  line  with  the  company  next  pre- 
ceding the  rear — each  six  paces  from  the  flank  (left)  opposite  to  the 
reviewing  officer ;  the  staff  officers  in  one  rank,  according  to  the  order 
of  precedency,  from  the  right,  four  paces  in  rear  of  the  column ;  the 
music,  preceded  by  the  principal  musician,  six  paces  before  the  Col- 
onel ;  the  pioneers,  preceded  by  a  Corporal,  four  paces  before  the 
principal  musician  ;  and  the  Quartermaster-Sergeant  two  paces  from 
the  side  opposite  to  the  guides,  and  in  line  with  the  pioneers. 


Beview.  47 

348. . .  .All  other  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  will  march 
past  in  the  places  prescribed  for  them  in  the  march  of  an  open  col- 
umn. The  guides  and  soldiers  will  keep  their  heads  steady  to  the 
front  in  passing  in  review. 

349 ....  The  color-bearer  will  remain  in  the  ranks  while  passing 
and  saluting. 

350.  ...The  music  will  begin  to  play  at  the  command  to  march, 
and  after  passing  the  reviewing  officer,  wheel  to  the  left  out  of  the 
column,  and  take  a  position  opposite  and  facing  him,  and  will  con- 
tinue to  play  until  the  rear  of  the  column  shall  have  passed  him, 
when  it  will  cease,  and  follow  in  the  rear  of  the  battalion,  unless  the 
battalion  is  to  pass  in  quick  time  also,  in  which  case  it  will  keep  its 
position. 

351 -...The  officers  will  salute  the  reviewing  officer  when  they 
arrive  within  six  paces  of  him,  and  recover  their  swords  when  six 
paces  past  him.  All  officers,  in  saluting,  will  cast  their  eyes  toward 
the  reviewing  officer. 

352 ....  The  Colonel,  when  he  has  saluted  at  the  head  of  the  bat- 
talion, will  place  himself  near  the  reviewing  officer,  and  will  remain 
there  until  the  rear  has  passed,  when  he  will  rejoin  the  battalion. 

353. . .  .The  colors  will  salute  the  reviewing  officer,  if  entitled  to  it, 
when  within  six  paces  of  him,  and  be  raised  when  they  have  passed 
by  him  an  equal  distance,  ^he  drums  will  beat  a  march,  or  ruffle, 
according  to  the  rank  of  the  reviewing  officer,  at  the  same  time  that 
the  colors  salute. 

354.... When  the  column  has  passed  the  reviewing  officer,  the 
Colonel  will  direct  it  to  the  ground  it  marched  from,  and  command, 

Guide  left, 

in  time  for  the  guides  to  cover.  The  column  having  arrived  on  its 
ground,  the  Colonel  will  command, 

1.  Column,     2.  Halt! 

form  it  in  order  of  battle,  and  cause  the  ranks  to  be  opened  as  in  par- 
agraph 341.  The  review  will  terminate  by  the  whole  saluting  as  at 
the  beginning. 

355 ....  If,  however,  instructions  have  been  previously  given  to 
march  the  troops  past  in  quick  time  also,  the  Colonel  will,  instead  of 
changing  the  guides,  halting  the  column,  and  wheeling  it  into  line, 
as  above  directed,  give  the  command, 

1.  Quick  time.     2.  March  ! 


48  Beview, 

In  passing  the  reviewing  officer  again,  no  salute  will  be  oftered  by 
either  officers  or  men.  The  music  will  have  kept  its  position  oppo- 
site the  reviewing  officer,  and  at  the  last  command  will  commence 
playing,  and  as  the  column  approaches,  will  place  itself  in  front  of, 
and  march  oiF  with  the  column,  and  continue  to  play  until  the  battal- 
ion is  halted  on  its  original  ground  of  formation.  The  Review  will 
terminate  in  the  same  manner  as  prescribed  above. 

356.... The  Colonel  w^ill  afterward  cause  the  troops  to  perform 
such  exercises  and  manoeuvres  as  the  reviewing  officer  may  direct. 

357. . .  .When  two  or  more  battalions  are  to  be  reviewed,  they  will 
be  formed  in  parade  order,  with  the  proper  intervals,  and  will  also 
perform  the  same  movements  that  are  laid  down  for  a  single  battal- 
ion, observing  the  additional  directions  that  are  given  for  such  move- 
ments when  applied  to  the  line.  The  Brigadier- General  and  his 
staif,  on '  foot,  will  place  themselves  opposite  the  centre  of  the  brig- 
ade ;  the  Brigadier-General  two  paces  in  front  of  the  rank  of  Colo- 
nels ;  his  aid  two  paces  on  his  right,  and  one  retired ;  and  the  other 
brigade  staff  officers,  those  having  the  rank  of  field  officers,  in  the 
rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonels  and  Majors  ;  and  those  below  that  rank, 
in  the  rank  of  company  officers. 

358 ....  In  passing  in  review,  a  Major-General  will  b6  four  paces 
in  front  of  the  Colonel  of  the  leading  battalion  of  his  division ;  and 
the  Brigadier-General  Avill  be  on  the  ^*ight  of  the  Colonels  of  the 
leading  battalions  of  their  brigades ;  staff  officers  on  the  left  of  their 
Generals. 

359.  . .  .\Alien  the  line  exceeds  two  battalions,  the  reviewing  offi- 
cer may  cause  them  to  march  past  in  quick  time  only.  In  such 
cases  the  mounted  officers  only  will  salute. 

360 ....  A  number  of  companies  less  than  a  battalion  will  be  re- 
viewed as  a  battalion,  and  a  single  company  as  if  it  were  with  the 
battalion.  In  the  latter  case,  the  company  may  pass  in  column  of 
platoons. 

361 If  several  brigades  are  to  be  reviewed  together,  or  in  one 

line,  this  further  difference  will  be  observed :  the  reviewing  person- 
age, joined  by  the  General  of  the  division,  on  the  right  of  his  divis- 
ion, will  proceed  down  the  line,  parallel  to  its  front,  and  when  near 
the  Brigadier-Generals  respectively,  will  be  saluted  by  their  brigades 
in  succession.  The  music  of  each,  after  the  prescribed .  salute,  will 
play  while  the  reviewing  personage  is  in  front,  or  in  rear  of  it,  and 
only  then. 

362 In  marching  in  review,  with  several  battalions  in  common 

time,  the  music  of  each  succeeding  battalion  will  commence  to  play 


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when  the  music  of  the  preceding  one  has  ceased,  in  order  to  follow 
its  battalion.  When  marching  in  quick  time,  the  music  will  begin  to 
play  when  the  rear  company  of  the  preceding  battalion  has  passed 
the  reviewing  officer. 

363.... The  reviewing  officer  or  personage  will  acknowledge  the 
salute  by  raising,  br  taking  off,  his  cap  or  hat,  when  the  commander 
of  the  troops  salutes  him ;  and  also  when  the  colors  pass.  The  re- 
mainder of  the  time  occupied  by  the  passage  of  the  troops  he  will  be 
covered. 

364 The  review  of  Cavalry  and  Artillery  will  be  conducted  on 

similar  principles,  and  according  to  the  systems  of  instruction  for 
those  arms  of  service.  • 

III.   GUAKD-MOUNTING. 

365 ....  Camp  and  garrison  guards  will  be  relieved  every  twenty- 
four  hours.  The  guards  at  outposts  will  ordinarily  be  relieved  in  the 
same  manner,  but  this  must  depend  on  their  distances  from  camp,  or 
other  oircumstances,  which  may  sometimes  require  their  continuing 
on  duty  several  days.  In  such  cases,  they  must  be  previously  warn- 
ed to  provide  themselves  accordingly. 

366 At  the  first  call  for  guard-mounting,  the  men  warned  for 

duty  turn  out  on  their  company  parades  for  inspection  by  the  First 
Sergeants ;  and  at  the  second  call,  repair  to  the  regimental  or  garri- 
son parade,  conducted  by  the  First  Sergeants.  Each  detachment,  as 
it  arrives,  will,  under  the  direction  of  the  Adjutant,  take  post  on  the 
left  of  the  one  that  preceded  it,  in  open  order,  arms  shouldered,  and 
bayonets  fixed ;  the  supernumeraries  five  paces  in  the  rear  of  the  men 
of  their  respective  companies  ;  the  First  Sergeants  in  rear  of  them. 
The  Sergeant-Major  will  dress  the  ranks,  count  the  files,  verify  the 
details,  and  when  the  guard  is  formed,  report  to  the  Adjutant,  and 
take  post  two  paces  on  the  left  of  the  front  rank. 

367 The  Adjutant  then  commands  Front,  when  the  officer  of 

the  guard  takes  post  twelve  paces  in  front  of  the  centre,  the  Sergeants 
in  one  rank,  four  paces  in  the  rear  of  the  officers ;  and  the  Corporals 
in  one  rank,  four  paces  in  the  rear  of  the  Sergeants — all  facing  to  the 
front.     The  Adjutant  then  assigns  their  places  in  the  guard. 
368 The  Adjutant  will  then  command, 

1.  Officer  and  non-commissioned  officers.     2.  About — Fac^. 
3.  Inspect  your  guards — Maecii  ! 

The  non-commissioned  officers  then  take  their  posts.    The  command- 
er of  the  guard  then  commands, 

C 


50  Guard-mounting. 

1.   Order — Arms.     2.  Inspection — Arms. 

and  inspects  his  guard.  "When  there  is  no  commissioned  officer  on 
the  guard,  the  Adjutant  will  inspect  it.  During  inspection  the  band 
will  play. 

369 . . .  .The  inspection  ended,  the  officer  of  the  guard  takes  post  as 
though  the  guard  were  a  company  of  a  battalion,  in  open  order,  under 
review ;  at  the  same  time,  also,  the  officers  of  the  day  will  take  post 
in  front  of  the  centre  of  the  guard ;  the  old  officer  of  the  day  three 
paces  on  the  right  of  the  new  officer  of  the  day,  one  pace  retired. 

370.  . .  .The  Adjutant  will  now  command, 

1.  Pamc/e— Rest  !     2.   Troop— Beat  off! 

when  the  music,  beginning  on  the  right,  will  beat  down  the  line  in 
front  of  the  officer  of  the  guard  to  the  left,  and  back  to  its  place  on 
the  right,  where  it  will  cease  to  play. 
371 The  Adjutant  then  commands, 

1.  Attention!     2.  Shoulder — Arms!     3.  Close  order — March! 

At  the  word  ''close  order,"  the  officer  will  face  about;  at  ''march," 
resume  his  post  in  line.     The  Adjutant  then  commands, 

Present — Arms  ! 

At  which  he  will  face  to  the  new  officer  of  the  day,  salute  and  report, 
"/SiV,  the  guard  is  formed.''^  The  new  officer  of  the  day,  after  acknowl- 
edging the  salute,  will  direct  the  Adjutant  to  march  the  guard  in  re- 
view, or  by  flank  to  its  post.  But  if  the  Adjutant  be  senior  to  the 
officer  of  the  day,  he  will  report  without  saluting  with  the  sword  then, 
or  when  marching  the  guard  in  re\'icw. 

372.  . .  .In  review,  the  guard  march  past  the  officer  of  the  day,  ac- 
cording to  the  order  of  review,  conducted  by  the  Adjutant,  marching 
on  the  left  of  the  first  division ;  the  Sergeant-Major  on  the  left  of  the 
last  division. 

373 When  the  column  has  passed  the  officer  of  the  day,  the  of- 
ficer of  the  guard  marches  it  to  its  post,  the  Adjutant  and  Sergeant- 
Major  retiring.  The  music,  which  has  wheeled  out  of  the  column, 
and  taken  post  opposite  the  officer  of  the  day,  will  cease,  and  the  old 
officer  of  the  day  salute,  and  give  the  old  or  standing  orders  to  the 
new  officer  of  the  day.    The  supernumeraries,  at  the  same  time,  will 


Guard-mounting,  51 

be  marched  by  the  First  Sergeants  to  their  respective  company  pa- 
rades, and  dismissed. 

374:. . .  .In  bad  weather,  or  at  night,  or  after  fatiguing  marches,  the 
ceremony  of  turning  off  may  be  dispensed  with,  but  not  the  inspec- 
tion. 

375.... Grand  guards,  and  other  brigade  guards,  are  organized 
and  mounted  on  the  brigade  parade  by  the  staff  officer  of  the  parade, 
under  the  direction  of  the  field  officer  of  the  day  of  the  brigade,  ac- 
cording to  the  principles  here  prescribed  for  the  police  guard  of  a 
regiment.  The  detail  of  each  regiment  is  assembled  on  the  regi- 
mental parade,  verified  by  the  Adjutant,  and  marched  to  the  brigade 
parade  by  the  senior  officer  of  the  detail.  After  inspection  and  re- 
view, the  officer  of  the  day  directs  the  several  guards  to  their  re- 
spective posts. 

376 The  officer  of  the  old  guard,  having  his  guard  paraded,  on 

the  approach  of  the  new  guard  commands, 

Present — Arms  ! 

377.... The  new  guard  will  march,  in  quick  time,  past  the  old 
guard,  at  shouldered  armsj  officers  saluting,  and  take  post  four  paces 
on  its  right,  where,  being  aligned  with  it,  its  commander  will  order, 

Present — Arms  ! 

The  two  officers  will  then  approach  each  other,  and  salute.  They 
will  then  return  to  their  respective  guards,  and  command, 

1.  Shoidder — Arms!     2.  Order — Arms! 

378 ....  The  officer  of  the  new  guard  will  now  direct  the  detail  for 
the  advanced  guard  to  be  foraied  and  marched  to  its  post,  the  list  of 
the  guard  made  and  divided  into  three  reliefs,  experienced  soldiers 
placed  over  the  arms  of  the  guard  and  at  the  remote  and  responsible 
posts,  and  the  young  soldiers  in  pos-ts  near  the  guard  for  instruction 
in  their  duties,  and  will  himself  proceed  to  take  possession  of  the 
guard-house  or  guard-tent,  and  the  articles  and  prisoners  in  charge 
of  the  guard. 

379 During  the  time  of  relieving  the  sentinels  and  of  calling 

in  the  small  posts,  the  old  commander  will  give  to  the  new  all  the  in- 
formation and  instructions  relating  to  his  post. 

380 The  first  relief  having  been  designated  and  ordered  two 


52  Cruard-mounting. 

paces  to  the  front,  the  Corporal  of  the  new  guard  will  take  charge  of 
it,  and  go  to  relieve  the  sentinels,  accompanied  by  the  Corporal  of 
the  old  guard,  who  will  take  command  of  the  old  sentinels,  when  the 
whole  are  relieved. 

381. . .  .If  the  sentinels  are  numerous,  the  Sergeants  are  to  be  em- 
ployed, as  well  as  the  Corporals,  in  relieving  them. 

382 ....  The  relief,  with  arms  at  a  su])port,  in  two  ranks,  will 
inarch  by  a  flank,  conducted  by  the  Corporal  on  the  side  of  the  lead- 
ing front-rank  man ;  and  the  men  will  be  numbered  alternately  in 
the  front  and  rear  rank,  the  man  on  the  right  of  the  front  rank 
being  No.  1.  Should  an  officer  approach,  the  Corporal  will  com- 
mand carry  arms,  and  resume  the  support  arms  when  the  officer  is 
passed. 

383.  . .  .The  sentinels  at  the  guard-house  or  guard-tent  -will  be  the 
first  relieved  and  left  behind ;  the  others  are  relieved  in  succession. 

384 ....  When  a  sentinel  sees  the  relief  approaching,  he  will  halt 
and  face  to  it,  with  his  arms  at  a  shoulder.  At  six  paces,  the  Cor- 
poral will  command, 

1.  Relief.     2.  Halt! 

when  the  relief  will  halt  and  carry  arms.  The  Corporal  will  then 
add,  *'No.  1,"  or  "No.  2,"  or  "No.  3,"  according  to  the  number  of 
the  post, 

Amns — Port  ! 

The  two  sentinels  will,  with  arms  at  port,  then  approach  each  other, 
when  the  old  sentinel,  under  the  correction  of  the  Corporal,  will 
whisper  the  instructions  to  the  new  sentinel.  This  done,  the  two 
sentinels  will  shoulder  arms,  and  the  old  sentinel  will  pass,  in  quick 
time,  to  his  place  in  rear  of  the  relief.  The  Corporal  will  then  com- 
mandj 

1.  Support — Arms!     2.  Foricai-d.     3.  March! 

and  the  relief  proceeds  in  the  same  manner  until  the  whole  are  re- 
lieved. 

385 . .  .  The  detachments  and  sentinels  from  the  old  guard  having 
come  in,  it  will  be  marched,  at  shouldered  arvis,  along  the  front  of  the 
new  guard,  in  quick  time,  the  new  guard  standing  at  presented  arms ; 
officers  saluting,  and  the  music  of  both  guards  beating,  except  at  the 
outposts. 


Gvards,  53 

386 ....  On  arriving  at  the  regimental  or  garrison  parade,  the  com- 
mander of  the  old  guard  will  send  the  detachments  composing  it,  un- 
der charge  of  the  non-commissioned  officers,  to  their  respective  regi- 
ments. Before  the  men  arc  dismissed,  their  pieces  will  be  drawn  or 
discharged  at  a  target.  On  rejoining  their  companions,  the  chiefs  of 
squads  will  examine  the  arms,  &c.,  of  their  men,  and  cause  the 
whole  to  be  put  away  in  good  order. 

387 When  the  old  guard  has  marched  off  fifty  paces,  the  of- 
ficer of  the  new  guard  will  order  his  men  to  stack  their  arms,  or 
place  them  in  the  arm-racks. 

388 ....  The  commander  of  the  guard  will  then  make  himself  ac- 
quainted with  all  the  instructions  for  his  post,  visit  the  sentinels,  and 
question  them  and  the  non-commissioned  officers  relative  to  the  in- 
structions they  may  have  received  from  other  persons  of  the  old  guard. 

ARTICLE  XXXni. 

GUARDS. 

389 ....  Sentinels  will  be  relieved  every  two  hours,  unless  the  state 
of  the  weather,  or  other  causes,  should  make  it  necessary  or  proper 
that  it  be  done  at  shorter  or  longer  intervals. 

390 Each  relief,  before  mounting,  is  inspected  by  the  com- 
mander of  the  guard  or  of  its  post.  The  Corporal  reports  to  him, 
and  presents  the  old  relief  on  its  return. 

391.  . .  .The  countersign,  or  watchword,  is  given  to  such  persons  as 
are  entitled  to  pass  during  the  night,  and  to  officers,  non-commission- 
ed officers,  and  sentinels  of  the  guard.  Interior  guards  receive  the 
countersign  only  when  ordered  by  the  commander  of  the  troops. 

392. . .  JT\iQ  parole  is  imparted  to  such  officers  only  as  have  a  right 
to  visit  the  guards,  and  to  make  the  grand  rounds ;  and  to  officers 
commanding  guards. 

393. . .  .As  soon  as  the  new  guard  has  been  marched  off,  the  officer 
of  the  day  will  repair  to  the  office  of  the  commanding  officer  and  re- 
port for  orders. 

394:.... The  officer  of  the  day  must  see  that  the  officer  of  the 
guard  is  furnished  wdth  the  parole  and  countersign  before  retreat. 

395 The  officer  of  the  day  visits  the  guards  during  the  day  at 

*■  such  times  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  makes  his  rounds  at  night 
at  least  once  after  12  o'clock. 

896 Upon  being  relieved,  the  officer  of  the  day  will  make  such 

remarks  in  the  report  of  the  officer  of  the  guard  as  circumstances  ^-c- 
quire,  and  present  the  same  at  head-quarters. 

397. ..  .Commanders  of  guards  leaving  their  posts  to  visit  their 


54  Officer  of  the  Guard. . .  .Sentinels, 

sentinels,  or  on  other  duty,  are  to  mention  their  intention,  and  the 
probable  time  of  their  absence,  to  the  next  in  command. 

398 ....  The  officers  are  to  remain  constantly  at  their  guards,  ex- 
cept while  visiting  their  sentinels,  or  necessarily  engaged,  elsewhere 
on  their  proper  duty. 

399.  . .  .Neither  officers  nor  soldiers  are  to  take  off  their  clothing  or 
accoutrements  while  they  are  on  guard. 

400 The  officer  of  the  guard  must  see  that  the  countersign  is 

duly  communicated  to  the  sentinels  a  little  before  twilight. 

401.  . .  .When  a  fire  breaks  out,  or  any  alarm  is  raised  in  a  gam- 
son,  all  guards  are  to  be  immediately  under  arms. 

402 ....  Inexperienced  officers  are  put  on  guard  as  supernumer- 
aries, for  the  purpose  of  instruction. 

403 ....  Sentinels  will  not  take  orders  or  allow  themselves  to  be  re- 
lieved, except  by  an  officer  or  non-commissioned  officer  of  their  guard 
or  party,  the  officer  of  the  day,  or  the  commanding  officer ;  in  which 
case  the  orders  will  be  immediately  notified  to  the  commander  of  the 
guard  by  the  officer  giving  them. 

404 ....  Sentinels  will  report  every  breach  of  orders  or  regulations 
they  are  instructed  to  enforce. 

405 ....  Sentinels  must  keep  themselves  on  the  alert,  observing  ev- 
ery thing  that  takes  place  within  sight  and  hearing  of  their  post. 
They  will  carry  their  arms  habitually  at  support,  or  on  either  shoul- 
der, but  will  never  quit  them.  In  wet  weather,  if  there  be  no  sen- 
try-box, they  will  secure  arms. 

406 No  sentinel  shall  quit  his  post  or  hold  conversation  not 

necessary  to  the  proper  discharge  of  his  duty. 

407. . .  .All  persons,  of  whatever  rank  in  the  service,  are  required 
to  obsen'e  respect  toward  sentinels. 

408.... In  case  of  disorder,  a  sentinel  must  call  out  the  guard;. 
and  if  a  fire  take  place,  he  must  cry — ^^Firef"  adding  the  number  of 
his  post.  If  in  either  case  the  danger  be  great,  he  must  discharge 
his  firelock  before  calling  out. 

409 It  is  the  duty  of  a  sentinel  to  repeat  all  calls  made  from 

posts  more  distant  from  the  main  body  of  the  guard  than  his  own,  and 
no  sentinel  will  be  posted  so  distant  as  not  to  be  heard  by  the  guard, 
either  directly  or  through  other  sentinels. 

410.  . .  .Sentinels  will  present  arms  to  general  and  field  officers,  to 
the  officer  of  the  day,  and  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post.  To 
alliOther  officers  they  will  carry  arms. 

411. . .  .When  a  sentinel  in  his  sentry-box  sees  an  officer  approach- 
ing, he  will  stand  at  attention^  and  as  the  officer  passes  will  salute  him, 


Form  of  Guard  EeporU 


55 


FORM  OF  GUARD  REPORT. 


Beport  of  a  Guard  mounted  at  — ,  on  the  — ,  and  relieved  on  the  - 


Parole. 

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Articles  in 
Charge. 

Countersign. 

Detail. 

LIST   OF   THE    GUARD. 


Reliefs,  and  when  posted. 

Where  posted. 

1st  Relief. 

From  —  to  —  and 

_  to  — 

2d  Relief. 
From  —  to  — 
and  —  to  — 

3d  Relief. 

From  —  to  — 
and  —  to  — 

Remarks. 

No. 

Xame. 

Co. 

Rt. 

Name. 

Co. 

Rt. 

Name. 

Co. 
G 
H 
I 

Rt. 

~8th 

9th 

10th 

Guard  House. 
Magazine. 
Quarm'r  Store. 

1 
2 
3 

CD. 
E.  F. 
G.  H. 

A 
B 

C 

1st 
4th 
6th 

I.J. 
K.  L. 

M.  N. 

D 
E 
F 

3d 

2d 
5th 

0.  P. 
Q.  R. 

S.  T. 

1 
2 
3 

Sergeant  W.  V.,  Co.  A,  1st  Artillery. 
Corporal  W.  X.,  Co.  B,  1st  Infantry. 
Coqioral  Y.  Z.,  Co.  C,  3d  Infantry. 

Serg't  Guard. 
Corp'l      ^" 

LIST   OP   PRISONERS. 


No. 

Names. 

a 
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1 

0 

i 

Confined. 

Charges. 

Sentences. 

Remarks. 

When. 

By  whom. 

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 

A.  B.  C, 

Lieut.  - 


•  Regt.  • 


Commanding  the  Guard. 


5Q  Duties  of  Sentinels. 

by  bringing  the  left  hand  briskly  to  the  musket,  as  high  as  the  right 
shoulder. 

412.  , .  .The  sentinel  at  any  post  of  the  guard,  when  he  sees  any 
body  of  troops,  or  an  officer  entitled  to  compliment,  approach,  must 
call—*'  Turn  out  the  guard!''  and  announce  who  approaches. 

413. ..  .Guards  do  not  turn  out  as  a  matter  of  compliment  after 
sunset;  but  sentinels  will,  when  officers  in  uniform  approach,  pay  them 
l^roper  attezition,  by  facing  to  the  proper  front,  and  standing  steady  at 
shouldered  artns.  This  will  be  observed  until  the  evening  is  so  far  ad- 
vanced that  the  sentinels  begin  challenging. 

414.  ...After  retreat  (or  the  hour  appointed  by  the  commanding 
officer),  until  broad  daylight,  a  sentinel  challenges  eveiy  person  who 
approaches  him,  taking,  at  the  same  time,  the  position  of  arms  port. 
He  will  suffer  no  person  to  come  nearer  than  within  reach  of  his 
bayonet,  until  the  person  has  given  the  countersign. 

4 15.... A  sentinel,  in  challenging,  will  call  out — "  TF7?o  comes 
there  f^  If  answered — ^^  Friend,  ivith  the  countersign,''  and  he  be  in- 
structed to  pass  persons  with  the  countersign,  he  will  reply — ''  Ad- 
vance, friend,  with  the  countersign!"  If  answered — '■^ Friends T  he 
will  reply — '-'' Halt,  friends  !  Advance  one  with  the  countersign  .''*  If  an- 
swered— '■''Relief,''  ^'-Patrol,"  or  ^' Grand  rouuds''  he  will  reply — 
'''"Halt !  Advance,  Sergeant  (or  Corporal),  with  the  countersign!"  and  sat- 
isfy himself  that  the  party  is  what  it  represents  itself  to  be.  If  he 
have  no  authority  to  pass  persons  with  the  countersign,  if  the  wrong 
countersign  be  given,  or  if  the  persons  have  not  the  countersign,  he 
will  cause  them  to  stand,  and  call — '■^  Corporal  of  the  guard !" 

416.  . .  .In  the  daytime,  when  the  sentinel  before  the  guard  sees  the 
officer  of  the  day  approach,  he  will  call — "  Turn  out  the  guard!  officer 
of  the  day."  The  guard  will  be  paraded,  and  salute  with  presented 
arms. 

417 "When  any  person  approaches  a  post  of  the  guard  at  night, 

the  sentinel  before  the  post,  after  challenging,  causes  him  to  halt 
until  examined  by  a  non-commissioned  officer  of  the  guard.  If  it  be 
the  officer  of  the  day,  or  any  other  officer  entitled  to  inspect  the  guard 
and  to  make  the  rounds,  the  non-commissioned  offi.cer  will  call — 
"  Turn  out  the  guard!"  when  the  guard  will  be  paraded  at  shouldered 
arms,  and  the  officer  of  the  guard,  if  he  thinks  necessary,  may  de- 
mand the  countersign  and  parole. 

418.  . .  .The  officer  of  the  day,  wishing  to  make  the  rounds,  will 
take  an  escort  of  a  non-commissioned  officer  and  two  men.  "When 
the  rounds  are  challenged  by  a  sentinel,  the  Sergeant  will  answer — 
**  Grand  rounds  /"  and  the  sentinel  will  reply — "  Halt,  grand  rounds  ! 


Orders  and  Correspondence.  57 

Advance^  Sergeant^  with  the  countersign  /'*  Upon  which  the  Sergeant 
advances  and  gives  the  countersign.  The  sentinel  will  then  cry — 
"Advance,  rounds  /"  and  stand  at  a  shoulder  till  they  have  passed. 

419.  . .  .When  the  sentinel  before  the  guard  challenges,  and  is  an- 
swered— "  Grand  rounds,^^  he  will  reply — ''Halt,  grand  rounds!  Turn 
out  the  guard ;  grand  rounds  /"  Upon  which  the  guard  will  be  drawn 
up  at  shouldered  arms.  The  officer  commanding  the  guard  will 
then  order  a  Sergeant  and  two  men  to  advance ;  when  within  ten 
paces,  the  Sergeant  challenges.  The  Sergeant  of  the  grand  rounds 
answers — ^^  Grand  rounds  T  The  Sergeant  of  the  guard  replies — 
"Advance,  Sergeant,  with  the  countersign T  The  Sergeant  of  the 
rouifds  advances  alone,  gives  the  countersign,  and  returns  to  his 
round.  The  Sergeant  of  the  guard  calls  to  his  officer — "  The  coun- 
tersign is  right  r  on  which  the  officer  of  the  guard  calls — "  Advance , 
rounds  r  The  officer  of  the  rounds  then  advances  alone,  the  guard 
standing  at  shouldered  arms.  The  officer  of  the  rounds  passes  along 
the  front  of  the  guard  to  the  officer,  who  keeps  his  post  on  the  right, 
and  gives  hira  the  parole.  He  then*  examines  the  guard,  orders  back 
his  escort,  and,  taking  a  new  one,  proceeds  in  the  same  manner  to 
other  guards. 

420 ....  All  material  instructions  given  to  a  sentinel  on  post  by 
persons  entitled  to  make  grand  rounds,  ought  to  be  promptly  notified 
to  the  commander  of  the  guard. 

421 Any  General  officer,  or  the  commander  of  a  post  or  garri- 
son, may  visit  the  guards  of  his  command,  and  go  the  grand  rounds, 
and  be  received  in  the  same  manner  as  prescribed  for  the  officer  of 
the  day. 

AKTICLE  XXXIV. 

ORDERS    AND    CORRESPONDENCE. 

422 ....  The  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  divisions,  brigades, 
regiments,  are  denominated  orders  of  such  army,  division,  &c.,  and 
are  either  general  or  special.  Orders  are  numbered,  general  and 
special,  in  separate  series,  each  beginning  with  the  year. 

423.  . ,  .General  orders  announce  the  time  and  place  of  issues  and 
payments  j  hours  for  roll-calls  and  duties  ;  the  number  and  kind  of 
orderlies,  and  the  time  when  they  shall  be  relieved ;  police  regula- 
tions, and  the  prohibitions  required  by  circumstances  and  localities ; 
returns  to  be  made,  and  their  forms  ;  laws  and  regulations  for  the 
army;  promotions  and  appointments;  eulogies  or  censures  to  corps 
or  individuals,  and  generally,  whatever  it  may  be  important  to  make 
known  to  the  whole  command. 

C2 


58  Orders  and  Correspondence. 

424: Special  orders  are  such  as  do  not  concern  the  troops  gener- 
ally, and  need  not  be  published  to  the  whole  command ;  such  as  re- 
late to  the  march  of  some  particular  corps,  the  establishment  of  some 
post,  the  detaching  of  individuals,  the  granting  requests,  &c.,  &c. 

425 ....  A  general  order,  and  an  important  special  order,  must  be 
read  and  approved  by  the  officer  whose  order  it  is,  before  it  is  issued 
by  the  staff  officer. 

426 ....  An  order  will  state  at  the  head  the  source,  place,  and 
date,  and  at  the  foot,  the  name  of  the  commander  who  gives  it ;  as 
for  example : 

Head-Quarters  of  the  First  Brigade,  Second  Division, 

Camp  at ,  1st  June,  1850. 

General  Orders,  |^ 

No. .         I 

By  command  of  Brigadier-General  A.  B. 

C.  D.,  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 

427 Orders  may  be  put  in  the  foiTn  of  letters,  but  generally  in 

the  strict  military  form,  through  the  office  of  the  Adjutant  or  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  command. 

428 Orders  are  transmitted  through  all  the  intermediate  com- 
manders in  the  order  of  rank.  When  an  intermediate  commander  is 
omitted,  the  officer  who  gives  the  order  shall  inform  him,  and  he  who 
receives  it  shall  report  it  to  his  immediate  superior. 

429 Orders   for  any  body  of  troops  will  be  addressed  to  the 

commander,  and  will  be  opened  and  executed  by  the  commander 
present,  and  published  or  distributed  by  him  when  necessary ;  printed 
orders,  however,  are  generally  distributed  direct  to  posts  from  the 
head-quarters  where  issued. 

430.  . .  .Orders  assigning  the  stations  of  officers  of  engineers,  ord- 
nance, and  of  the  staff  departments,  except  as  provided  in  the  regula- 
tions for  troops  in  the  campaign,  will  be  given  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  through  the  Adjutant-General's  office,  or  by  commanders  of 
geographical  departments,  under  the  special  authority  of  the  War  De- 
partment. The  commander  of  a  department,  who,  in  consequence  of 
the  movement  of  troops  or  other  necessity  of  the  service,  removes  an 
officer  from  the  station  assigned  to  him  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
shall  promptly  report  the  case  to  the  Adjutant-General. 

431 A  file  of  the  printed  orders  will  be  kept  with  the  head- 
quarters of  each  regiment,  with  each  company,  and  at  each  military 
post,  and  will  be  regularly  turned  over  by  the  commander,  when  re- 
lieved, to  his  successor. 


Orders  and  Correspondence.  59 

432.... If  general  orders  are  not  received  in  regular  succession, 
commanding  officers  will  report  the  missing  numbers  to  the  proper 
head-quarters. 

433 ....  The  orderly  hours  being  fixed  at  each  head-quarters,  the 
staiF  officers  and  chiefs  of  the  special  services  either  attend  in  person, 
or  send  their  assistants  to  obtain  the  orders  of  the  day ;  and  the  first 
sergeants  of  companies  repair  for  that  purpose  to  the  regimental  or 
garrison  head-quarters. 

434 ....  During  marches  and  active  operations,  and  when  the  regu- 
lar orderly  hours  can  not  be  observed,  all  orders  will  be  either  sent  di- 
rect to  the  troops,  or  the  respective  commanders  of  regiments  or  corps 
will  be  informed  when  to  send  to  head-quarters  for  them.  Under  the 
same  circumstances,  orders  will  be  read  to  the  troops  during  a  halt, 
without  waiting  for  the  regular  parades. 

435 Orders  to  any  officer  to  make  a  tour  of  travel  on  duty,  as 

for  the  inspection  or  payment  of  troops,  &c.,  shall  designate  the  troops 
and  posts  he  shall  visit,  and  the  order  in  which  he  shall  visit  them, 
and  the  route  of  travel. 

436 ....  Every  commander  who  gives  an  order  involving  an  expend- 
iture of  public  money,  shall  send  a  copy,  without  delay,  to  the  bureau 
of  the  War  Department  to  which  the  expenditure  appertains,  and  if 
such  commander  be  serving  in  a  military  department,  he  shall  send  a 
copy  of  the  order  to  the  head-quarters  of  the  Department. 

437 ....  If  a  military  commander  shall  give  to  a  disbursing  officer 
any  order  in  conflict  with  orders  received  by  him  from  the  officer  in 
charge  of  his  department,  at  any  superior  head-quarters,  such  com- 
mander shall  forthwith  transmit  the  order  to  such  head-quarters, 
with  explanation  of  the  necessity  which  justifies  it. 

438 Copies  of  all  orders  of  the  commanders  of  armies,  depart- 
ments, divisions,  and  detached  brigades,  and  of  the  Superintendent  of 
the  recruiting  service,  will  be  forwarded  at  their  dates,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  practicable,  in  separate  series,  on  full  sheets  of  letter  pa- 
per, or  as  printed,  to  the  Adjutant-General's  office. 

439 ....  Written  communications  from  a  commander  to  those  under 
his  command  may  be  made  by  his  staff  officer.  In  all  other  cases  by 
the  officer  himself. 

440. . .  .In  signing  an  official  communication,  the  writer  shall  annex 
to  his  name  his  rank  and  corps.  When  he  writes  by  order,  he  shall 
state  by  whose  order. 

441.  ,.  .Communications  to  a  commander  from  those  under  his 
command  are  addressed  to  the  proper  officer  of  his  staflT ;  to  the  chief 
of  the  Adjutant-General's  Department,  in  what  relates  specially  to  his 


60  Returns  and  Beports. 

bureau,  or  to  the  service  generally  ;  to  the  chief  of  any  other  depart- 
ment of  the  staff,  in  what  relates  specially  to  his  branch  of  the  service. 
Communications  to  the  Secretary  of  War  will  be  made  through  the 
Adjutant-General's  office  of  the  War  Department,  unless  it  be  a  case 
of  claim,  allowance,  or  other  business  specially  appertaining  to  some, 
other  bureau ;  for  example — claims  of  pay  will  be  transmitted  through 
the  Paymaster -General;  for  mileage,  or  quarters,  &c.,  through  the 
Quartermaster-General.  All  communications,  except  rolls  and  stated 
returns,  and  accounts,  are  to  be  passed  through  the  intermediate  com- 
manders. The  same  rule  governs  in  verbal  applications ;  for  exam- 
ple— a  Lieutenant  seeking  an  indulgence  must  apply  through  his  Cap- 
tain. Communications  from  officers  of  the  staff  and  administrative 
services  to  their  own  chiefs  do  not  pass  through  the  military  command- 
ers under  whom  they  serve,  except  estimates  for  funds  or  supplies. 

442 ....  Copies  of  all  important  communications  from  the  bureaus 
of  the  War  Department  to  disbursing  officers,  relating  to  the  service  in 
a  military-  department,  shall  be  sent  from  the  bureau  to  the  depart- 
ment commander. 

443 Rolls  and  returns  will  be  accompanied  by  a  letter  of  trans- 
mittal, enumerating  them,  and  referi'ing  to  no  other  subject. 

444.  . .  .Generally,  officers  who  forward  communications  indorse  on 
them  their  remarks  or  opinion,  without  other  letters  of  transmittal. 

445 Official  letters  should  generally  refer  to  one  matter  only. 

In  regard  to  an  enlisted  man,  the  company  and  regiment  must  be 
stated. 

446. . .  .Letters  on  letter  paper  will  be  folded  in  three  folds,  parallel 
with  the  Avriting. 

447.  . .  .All  communications  on  public  service  are  to  be  marked  on 
the  cover,  '■''Official Business.''^ 

ARTICLE  XXXV. 

RETURNS   AND   REPORTS. 
MONTHLY   RETURNS. 

448 ....  Commanders  of  regiments,  corps,  and  posts,  will  make  to 
the  Adjutant-General's  office  of  the  War  Department  monthly  re- 
turns of  their  respective  regiments,  corps,  and  posts,  on  the.  forms 
furnished  from  that  office,  and  according  to  the  directions  expressed 
on  them.  In  like  manner,  Captains  make  monthly  company  returns 
to  regimental  head-quarters.  All  monthly  returns  will  be  fonvarded 
on  the  1st  day  of  the  next  month,  except  regimental  returns,  which 
are  forwarded  as  soon  as  all  the  company  returns  are  received. 

449 If  any  company  be  so  far  from  regimental  head-quarters 


Annual  Returns. . .  .Field  Returns.  61 

as  to  delay  the  transmittal  of  the  monthly  return  to  the  10th  of  the 
month,  the  Colonel  will  not  wait  for  the  return  of  such  company,  but 
leave  space  for  it  to  be  entered  at  the  Adjutant-General's  office ;  for 
which  purpose  the  Captain  will  transmit  a  copy  of  the  return  direct 
to  the  Adjutant-General,  as  well  as  to  regimental  head-quarters. 

450 In  campaign,  monthly  returns  of  divisions   and  detached 

brigades  will  be  made  to  the  Adjutant-General's  office.  They  will 
exliibit  separately  the  several  regiments,  and  detachments,  and  staff 
corjis,  and  the  strength  of  each  garrison  within  the  command.  These 
returns,  and  those  of  regiments,  corps,  and  posts,  in  campaign,  will, 
unless  otherwise  ordered,  be  transmitted  through  the  intermediate 
commanders. 

451 The  established  printed  forms  and  blanks  of  all  returns  re- 
quired from  the  commanders  of  divisions,  brigades,  regiments,  corps, 
companies,  and  posts,  will  be  furnished  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
office,  on  their  requisitions  annually  made,  or  oftener,  if  necessary. 
The  receipt  of  these  forms  and  blanks  will  be  immediately  acknowl- 
edged, and  afterward  accounted  for  on  the  next  monthly  returns. 

452  . . .  Manuscript  returns,  rolls,  certificates,  and  other  docu- 
ments, are  prohibited,  unless  the  proper  jn'inted  forms  have  not  been 
received  in  time.  Regimental  returns  must  be  made  out  in  the 
name  of  the  Colonel,  whether  he  be  present  or  absent. 

ANNUAL  RETURNS — CASUALTIES. 

453 This  return  will  exhibit  the  various  changes  and  altera- 
tions which  may  have  taken  place  in  the  regiment  during  the  pre- 
ceding twelve  months :  that  is  to  say — a  statement  of  the  number  of 
resignations,  transfers,  deaths,  «S>c.,  of  commissioned  officers  ;  the 
number  of  men  joined  by  enlistment,  transferred,  and  discharged ; 
the  number  tried  by  Courts-Martial  or  by  the  civil  law,  and  the  na- 
ture of  their  offenses ;  the  number  of  discharges,  deaths,  dismissals, 
and  desertions  ;  number  joined  from  desertion,  pardoned,  &c.,  &c. 

RETURN  OF   DECEASED    SOLDIERS. 

454.  . .  .To  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General,  by  the  Colonels 
of  regiments,  quarterly.  Also  a  duplicate  to  the  Second  Auditor  of 
the  Treasury. 

FIELD   RETURNS. 

455 Besides  the  stated  returns  of  the  troops,  such  other  Jidd 

returns  and  reports  will  be  made  as  may  be  necessary  to  keep  the  gov- 
ernment informed  of  the  condition  and  strength  of  the  forces. 


62  Repoi^ts ....  Prisoners  of  War ....  Property, 

456 . .  .  .After  any  action  or  affair,  a  return  of  the  killed,  wounded, 
and  missing  will  be  made,  in  which  the  name,  rank,  and  regiment  of 
each  oflScer  and  soldier  will  be  specified,  with  such  remarks  and  ex- 
planations as  may  be  requisite  for  the  records  of  the  Department  of 
War,  or  be  necessary  to  establish  the  just  claims  of  any  individual 
who  may  have  been  wounded,  or  of  the  heirs  and  representatives  of 
any  killed  in  action  (taking  care  to  specify  the  nature  of  the  wound,  the 
time  and  place  of  its  occurrence,  the  company,  regiment,  or  corps,  and 
the  name  of  the  Captain,  Colonel,  or  other  commanding  officer). 

REPORTS. 

457 The  date  of  appointment,  of  detail,  and  of  removal  of  all 

staff  officers,  or  of  officers  selected  for  duty  in  staff  departments,  which 
may  entitle  them  to  receive  additional  pay,  will  be  immediately  re- 
ported by  the  officer  making  such  appointment,  detail,  or  removal,  to 
the  Adjutant-General,  and  to  the  PajTiiaster  of  the  department  or 
command  to  which  such  officers  belong. 

458 "Whenever  any  change  takes  place  in  the  position  or  loca- 
tion of  troops,  the  fact  will  be  immediately  reported  by  the  command- 
ing officer  to  general,  division,  and  department  head-quarters,  speci- 
fying the  date  of  departure  of  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  troops,  or 
of  the  arrival  of  any  detachment ;  as  well  as  all  other  circumstances 
connected  with  such  changes  in  the  command.  These  special  reports 
will  always  be  accompanied  by  an  exact  return  of  the  troops  accord- 
ing to  the  established  printed  forms.  A  similar  report  will  be  noted 
on  the  next  monthly  return  of  the  post  or  station.  If  a  new  post  or 
position  be  established,  its  situation,  and  the  nearest  post-office  and 
proper  route  to  it  should  be  reported. 

459 ....  Officers  on  detached  duty  will  make  reports  to  the  head- 
quarters of  the  regiments  or  corps,  and  to  the  Adjutant-General,  as 
often  as  their  stations  may  be  changed. 

PRISONERS    OF   WAR — CAPTURED   PROPERTY. 

460.  . .  .A  return  of  prisoners,  and  a  report  of  the  number  and  de- 
scription of  the  killed  and  wounded  of  the  enemy,  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  Adjutant-General's  office,  Washington. 

461 A  return  of  all  property  captured  will  be  made  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  troops  by  whom  such  capture  was  made,  to 
the  Adjutant-General,  at  Washington,  in  order  that  it  may  be  dis- 
posed of  according  to  the  orders  of  the  War  Department. 


Troops  in  Campaign,  63 

INSPECTION   REPORTS. 

462 Inspection  reports  will  show  the  discipline  of  the  troops; 

their  instruction  in  all  military  exercises  and  duties :  the  state  of  their 
arms,  clothing,  equipments,  and  accoutrements  of  all  kinds ;  of  their 
kitchens  and  messes ;  of  the  barracks  and  quarters  at  the  post ;  of  the 
guard-house,  prisons,  hospital,  bake-house,  magazines,  store-houses, 
and  stores  of  every  description ;  of  the  stables  and  horses ;  the  con- 
dition of  the  post  school;  the  management  and  application  of  the 
post  and  company  funds ;  the  state  of  the  post,  and  regimental,  and 
company  books,  papers,  and  files ;  the  zeal  and  ability  of  the  officers 
in  command  of  troops ;  the  capacity  of  the  officers  conducting  the  ad- 
ministrative and  staff  services,  the  fidelity  and  economy  of  their  dis- 
bursements ;  the  condition  of  all  public  property,  and  the  amount  of 
money  in  the  hands  of  each  disbursing  officer ;  the  regularity  of  is- 
sues and  payments ;  the  mode  of  enforcing  discipline  by  courts-mar- 
tial, and  by  the  authority  of  the  officers ;  the  propriety  and  legality 
of  all  punishments  inflicted;  and  any  information  whatsoever,  con- 
cerning the  service  in  any  matter  or  particular  that  may  merit  notice, 
or  aid  to  correct  defects  or  introduce  improvements. 

463 ....  Inspectors  are  required  particularly  to  report  if  any  officer 
is  of  intemperate  habits,  or  unfit  for  active  service  by  infirmity  or  any 
other  cause. 

ARTICLE  XXXVI. 

TROOPS     IN     CAMPAIGN. 
ORGANIZATION    OF    AN   ARMY    IN   THE    FIELD. 

464 ....  The  formation  by  divisions  is  the  basis  of  the  organization 
and  administration  of  armies  in  the  field. 

465. . .  .A  division  consists  usually  of  two  or  three  brigades,  either 
of  infantry  or  cavalry,  and  troops  of  other  corps  in  the  necessary  pro- 
portion. 

466. . . .  A  brigade  is  formed  of  two  or  more  regiments.  The  first 
number  takes  the  right. 

467. . .  .Mixed  brigades  are  sometimes  formed  of  infantry  and  light 
cavalry,  especially  for  the  advanced  guards. 

468 ....  As  the  troops  arrive  at  the  rendezvous,  the  general  com- 
manding-in-chief will  organize  them  into  brigades  and  divisions. 

469 ....  The  light  cavalry  is  employed  as  flankers  and  partisans, 
and  generally  for  all  service  out  of  the  line. 

470 ....  Heavy  cavalry  belongs  to  the  reserve,  and  is  covered,  when 
necessary,  in  marches,  camps,  or  bivouacs,  by  light  troops,  or  infantry 
of  the  line. 


64  Organization  of  an  Army  in  the  Field, 

471 ....  The  arrangement  of  the  troops  on  parade  and  in  order  of 
battle  is — 1st,  the  light  infantry ;  2d,  infantry  of  the  line ;  3d,  light 
cavalry;  4th,  cavalry  of  the  line;  5th,  heavy  cavalry.  The  troops  of 
the  artillery  and  engineers  are  in  the  centre  of  the  brigades,  divisions, 
or  corps  to  which  they  are  attached;  marines  take  the  left  of  other 
infantry ;  volunteers  and  militia  take  the  left  of  regular  troops  of  the 
same  arm,  and  among  themselves,  regiments  of  volunteers  or  militia 
of  the  same  arm  take  place  by  lot.  This  arrangement  is  varied  by 
the  general  commanding-in-chief,  as  the  circumstances  of  war  render 
expedient. 

472 ....  Brigades  in  divisions,  and  divisions  in  the  army,  are  num- 
bered from  right  to  left ;  but  in  reports  of  military  operations,  brigades 
and  divisions  are  designated  by  the  name  of  the  general  commanding 
them. 

473 The  order  of  regiments  in  brigades  and  of  brigades  in  divi- 
sions may  be  changed  by  the  commander  of  the  division  for  import- 
ant reasons,  such  as  the  weakness  of  some  corps,  or  to  relieve  one 
from  marching  too  long  at  the  rear  of  the  column.  Such  changes 
must  be  reported  to  the  general  commanding-in-chief. 

474.  . .  .The  general  commanding-in-chief  assigns  the  generals  of 
divisions  and  of  brigades  to  their  respective  commands,  when  the  as- 
signment is  not  made  by  the  Department  of  War. 

4 75.... The  general  of  brigade  inspects  his  troops  in  detail,  by 
companies,  when  he  takes  the  command  and  at  the  opening  of  the 
campaign,  and  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  to  ascertain  exactly  their 
condition.  The  general  of  division  makes  similar  inspections  when 
he  thinks  proper.  At  these  inspections  the  generals  examine  the 
arms,  clothing,  equipments,  harness,  horses,  &c.,  direct  the  necessa- 
ry repairs,  and  designate  the  men  and  horses  to  remain  in  depot,  or 
march  with  the  train. 

476. . .  .Reports  of  inspections  are  made  by  the  general  of  brigade 
to  the  general  of  division,  and  by  the  general  of  division  to  the  gen- 
eral commanding-in-chief. 

477.  . .  .During  marches  and  all  active  operations,  generals  of  brig- 
ade keep  themselves  exactly  informed,  by  reports  of  corps  and  by  their 
inspections,  of  the  actual  strength  of  the  regiments,  so  as  always,  and 
especially  after  an  engagement,  to  make  accurate  returns  to  the  gen- 
eral of  division. 

478. . . .  Staff  officers,  and  officers  of  engineers,  ordnance,  and  artil- 
lery, according  to  the  nature  of  the  service,  are  assigned  to  the  head- 
quarters of  armies  and  divisions,  and  detached  brigades,  by  order  of 
the  general  commanding-in-chief,  when  the  distribution  of  these  offi- 


Contributions ....  Orderlies,  65 

ccrs  has  not  been  regulated  by  the  War  Department.  The  necessary 
staff  will  be  assigned  to  commanders  of  brigades. 

479 ....  When  an  Engineer  or  other  officer  is  charged  with  directing 
an  expedition  or  making  a  reconnoissance,  without  having  command 
of  the  escort,  the  commander  of  the  escort  shall  consult  him  on  all 
the  arrangements  necessary  to  secure  the  success  of  the  operation. 

480 Staff  officers,  and  commanders  of  engineers,  ordnance,  and 

artillery,  report  to  their  immediate  commanders  the  state  of  the  sup- 
plies and  what'ever  concerns  the  ser\'ice  under  their  direction,  and 
receive  their  orders,  and  communicate  to  them  those  they  receive 
from  their  superiors  in  their  own  corps. 

481.  . .  .The  senior  officer  of  engineers,  of  ordnance,  and  the  depart- 
ments of  the  general  staff  serving  at  the  chief  head-quarters  in  the 
field,  will  transmit  to  the  bureau  of  his  department  at  Washington,  at 
the  close  of  the  campaign,  and  such  other  times  as  the  commander 
in  the  field  may  approve,  a  full  report  of  the  operations  of  his  depart- 
ment, and  whatever  information  to  improve  its  service  he  may  be 
able  to  furnish. 

The  report  of  the  officer  of  engineers  will  embrace  plans  of  military 
works  executed  during  the  campaign,  and,  in  case  of  siege,  a  journal 
of  the  attack  or  defense. 

CONTEIEUTIONS. 

482.  .*.  .When  the  wants  of  the  anny  absolutely  require  it,  and  in 
other  cases,  under  special  instructions  from  the  War  Department,  the 
general  commanding  the  army  may  levy  contributions  in  money  or 
kind  on  the  enemy's  country  occupied  by  the  troops.  No  other  com- 
mander can  levy  such  contributions  without  written  authority  from 
the  general  commanding-in-chief. 

ORDERLIES. 

483.  . . .  At  the  opening  of  a  campaign,  the  commander  of  an  army 
determines  and  announces  in  orders  the  number  of  orderlies,  mount- 
ed or  foot,  for  the  Generals,  and  the  corps  or  regiments  by  which 
they  are  to  be  supplied,  and  the  periods  at  which  they  shall  be  re- 
lieved. 

484. . .  .In  marches,  the  mounted  orderlies  follow  the  Generals,  and 
perform  the  duty  of  escorts,  or  march  with  orderlies  on  foot  at  the 
head  of  the  division  or  brigade. 

485.  . .  .The  staff  officer  who  distributes  the  orderlies  to  their  posts 
sends  with  them  a  note  of  the  time  and  place  of  departure  ;  those  re- 
lieved receive  a  like  note  from  the  staff  officer  at  the  head-quarters. 


06  Depots  and  Camps. 

486 ....  Mounted  soldiers  arc  to  be  employed  to  carry  dispatches 
only  in  special  and  urgent  cases. 

487.  . .  .The  precise  time  when  the  dispatch  is  sent  off,  and  the  rate 
at  which  it  is  to  be  conveyed,  are  to  be  written  clearly  on  the  covers 
of  all  letters  transmitted  by  a  mounted  orderly,  and  the  necessary  in- 
structions to  him,  and  the  rate  of  travel  going  and  returning,  are  to 
be  distinctly  explained  to  him. 


488.  . .  .The  grand  depots  of  an  army  are  established  where  the 
military  operations  would  not  expose  them  to  be  broken  up.  Smaller 
depots  are  organized  for  the  divisions  and  the  several  arms.  They 
are  commanded  by  officers  temporarily  disabled  for  field  service,  or 
by  other  officers  when  necessary,  and  comprise,  as  much  as  possible, 
the  hospitals  and  depots  for  convalescents.  When  conveniently 
placed,  they  serve  as  points  for  the  halting  and  assembling  of  de- 
tachments. They  receive  the  disabled  from  the  corps  on  the  march  ; 
and  the  officers  in  command  of  the  depots  send  with  the  detachments 
to  the  army  those  at  the  depots  who  have  become  fit  for  service. 


489 Camp  is  the  place  where  troops  are  established  in  tents,  in 

huts,  or  in  bivouac.  Cantonments  are  the  inhabited  places  which 
troops  occupy  for  shelter  when  not  put  in  barracks.  The  camping- 
party  is  a  detachment  detailed  to  prepare  a  camp. 

490.  . .  .Reconnoissances  should  precede  the  establishment  of  the 
camp.  For  a  camp  of  troops  on  the  march,  it  is  only  necessary  to 
look  to  the  health  and  comfort  of  the  troops,  the  facility  of  the  com- 
munications, the  convenience  of  wood  and  water,  and  the  resources 
in  provisions  and  forage.  The  ground  for  an  intrenched  camp,  or  a 
camp  to  cover  a  country,  or  one  designed  to  deceive  the  enemy  as  to 
the  strength  of  the  army,  must  be  selected,  and  the  camp  arranged 
for  the  object  in  view. 

491.... The  camping-party  of  a  regiment  consists  of  the  regi- 
mental Quartermaster  and  Quartermaster-Sergeant,  and  a  Corporal 
and  two  men  per  company.  The  General  decides  whether  the  regi- 
ments camp  separately  or  together,  and  whether  the  police  guard 
shall  accompany  the  camping-party,  or  a  larger  escort  shall  be  sent. 

492 ....  Neither  baggage  nor  led  horses  are  permitted  to  move  with 
the  camping-party. 

493.... When  the  General  can  send  in  advance  to  prepare  the 
camp,  he  gives  his  instructions  to  the  chief  of  the  Quartermaster's 


Camps,  67 

Department,  who  calls  on  the  regiments  for  their  camping-parties, 
and  is  accompanied,  if  necessary,  by  an  Engineer  to  propose  the  de- 
fenses and  communications. 

494.  ...The  watering-places  are  examined,  and  signals  placed  at 
those  that  are  dangerous.  Any  work  required  to  make  them  of  eas- 
ier access  is  done  by  the  police  guard  or  Quartermaster's  men.  Sen- 
tinels, to  be  relieved  by  the  guards  of  the  regiment  when  they  come 
up,  are  placed  by  the  camping-party  over  the  water  if  it  is  scarce, 
and  over  the  houses  and  stores  of  provisions  and  forage  in  the  vicinity. 

495 If  the  camping-party  does  not  precede  the  regiment,  the 

Quartermaster  attends  to  these  things  as  soon  as  the  regiment 
reaches  the  camp. 

496.... On  reaching  the  ground,  the  infantry  form  on  the  color 
front ;  the  cavalry  in  rear  of  its  camp. 

497.... The  Generals  establish  the  troops  in  camp  as  rapidly  as 
possible,  particularly  after  long,  fatiguing  marches. 

498 ....  The  number  of  men  to  be  furnished  for  guards,  pickets,  and 
orderlies ;  the  fatigue  parties  to  be  sent  for  supplies ;  the  work  to  be 
done,  and  the  strength  of  the  working  parties  ;  the  time  and  place  for 
issues;  the  hour  of  marching,  &c.,  are  then  announced  by  the  Briga- 
dier-Generals to  the  Colonels,  and  by  them  to  the  field  officers — the 
Adjutant  and  Captains  formed  in  front  of  the  regiment,  the  First  Ser- 
geants taking  post  behind  their  Captains.  The  Adjutant  then  makes 
the  details,  and  the  First  Sergeants  warn  the  men.  The  regimental 
officer  of  the  day  forms  the  picket,  and  sends  the  guards  to  their  posts. 
The  colors  are  then  planted  at  the  centre  of  the  color  line,  and  the 
arms  are  stacked  on  the  line ;  the  fatigue  parties  to  procure  supplies, 
and  the  working  parties,  form  in  rear  of  the  arms ;  the  men  not  on  de- 
tail pitch  the  tents. 

499 ....  If  the  camp  is  near  the  enemy,  the  picket  remains  under 
aiTQS  until  the  return  of  the  fatigue  parties,  and,  if  necessary,  is  re- 
enforced  by  details  from  each  company. 

500.  . .  .In  the  cavalry,  each  troop  moves  a  little  in  rear  of  the  point 
at  which  its  horses  are  to  be  secured,  and  forms  in  one  rank ;  the  men 
then  dismount ;  a  detail  is  made  to  hold  the  horses ;  the  rest  stack 
their  arms  and  fix  the  picket  rope ;  after  the  horses  are  attended  to, 
the  tents  are  pitched,  and  each  horseman  places  his  carbine  at  the 
side  from  the  weather,  and  hangs  his  sabre  and  bridle  on  it. 

.501.  . .  .The  standard  is  then  carried  to  the  tent  of  the  Colonel. 

502 The  terms  front,  flank,  right,  left,  file,  and  rank,  have  the 

same  meaning  when  applied  to  camps  as  to  the  order  of  battle. 

503.  . .  .The  front  of  the  camp  is  usually  equal  to  the  front  of  the 


68  Camp  of  Infantry. 

troops.  The  tents  are  arranged  in  ranks  and  files.  The  number  of 
ranks  varies  with  the  strength  of  the  companies  and  the  size  of  the 
tents. 

504 ....  No  officer  will  be  allowed  to  occupy  a  house,  although  va- 
cant and  on  the  ground  of  his  camp,  except  by  permission  of  the  com- 
mander of  the  brigade,  who  shall  report  it  to  the  commander  of  the 
disision. 
J^  505.  ...The  staff  officer  charged  with  establishing  the  camp  will 
designate  the  place  for  the  shambles.     The  offal  will  be  buried. 

CAMP   OF   INFANTRY. 

506 ....  Each  company  has  its  tents  in  two  files,  facing  on  a  street 
perpendicular  to  the  color  line.  The  width  of  the  street  depends  on 
the  front  of  the  camp,  but  should  not  be  less  than  5  paces.  The  in- 
terval between  the  ranks  of  tents  is  2  paces ;  between  the  files  of 
tents  of  adjacent  companies,  2  paces ;  between  regiments,  22  paces. 

507.... The  color  line  is  10  paces  in  front  of  the  front  rank  of 
tents.  The  kitchens  are  20  paces  behind  the  rear  rank  of  company 
tents ;  the  non-commissioned  staff  and  sutler,  20  paces  in  rear  of  the 
kitchens ;  the  company  officers,  20  paces  farther  in  rear ;  and  the  field 
and  staff,  20  paces  in  rear  of  the  company  officers. 

508. . .  .The  company  officers  are  in  rear  of  their  respective  compa- 
nies ;  the  Captains  on  the  right. 

509 ....  The  Colonel  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  are  near  the  centre  of 
the  line  of  field  and  staff;  the  Adjutant,  a  Major  and  Surgeon,  on  the 
right  ;  the  Quartermaster,  a  Major  and  Assistant  Surgeon,  on  the 
left. 

510,  . .  .The  police  guard  is  at  the  centre  of  the  line  of  the  non- 
commissioned staff,  the  tents  facing  to  the  front,  the  stacks  of  arms 
on  the  left. 

511.  . .  .The  advanced  post  of  the  police  guard  is  about  200  paces  in 
front  of  the  color  line,  and  opposite  the  centre  of  the  regiment,  or  on 
the  best  ground  ;  the  prisoners'  tent  about  4  paces  in  rear.  In  a  reg- 
iment of  the  second  line,  the  advanced  post  of  the  police  guard  is  200 
paces  in  rear  of  the  line  of  its  field  and  staff. 

512 The  horses  of  the  staff  officers  and  of  the  baggage  train  are 

25  paces  in  rear  of  the  tents  of  the  field  and  staff;  the  wagons  are 
parked  on  the  same  line,  and  the  men  of  the  train  camped  near  them. 

513 The  sinks  of  the  men  are  150  paces  in  front  of  the  color 

line — those  of  the  officers  100  paces  in  rear  of  the  train.  Both  arc 
concealed  by  bushes.  When  convenient,  the  sinks  of  the  men  may 
be  placed  in  reai'  or  on  a  flank.  A  portion  of  the  earth  dug  out  for 
sinks  to  be  thrown  back  occasionally. 


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514.  . .  .The  front  of  the  camp  of  a  regiment  of  1000  men  in  two 
ranks  will  be  400  paces,  or  one  fifth  less  paces  than  the  number  of 
files,  if  the  camp  is  to  have  the  same  front  as  the  troops  in  order  of 
battle.  But  the  front  may  be  reduced  to  190  paces  by  narrowing  the 
company  streets  to  5  paces ;  and  if  it  be  desirable  to  reduce  the  front 
still  more,  the  tents  of  companies  maybe  pitched  in  single  file — those 
of  a  division  facing  on  the  same  street. 

CAMP   OF    CAVALRY. 

5 15.... In  the  cavalry,  each  company  has  one  file  of  tents — the 
tents  opening  on  the  street  facing  the  left  of  the  camp. 

516.  ...The  horses  of  each  company  are  placed  in  a  single  file, 
facing  the  opening  of  the  tents,  and  are  fastened  to  pickets  planted 
firmly  in  the  ground,  from  3  to  6  paces  from  the  tents  of  the  troops. 

517.  . .  .The  interval  between  the  file  of  tents  should  be  such  that, 
the  regiment  being  broken  into  column  of  companies  [as  indicated  in 
plate],  each  company  should  be  on  the  extension  of  the  line  on  which 
the  horses  are  to  be  picketed. 

518.  . .  .The  streets  separating  the  squadrons  are  wider  than  those 
betAveen  the  companies  by  the  interval  separating  squadrons  in  line ; 
these  inten-als  are  kept  free  from  any  obstruction  througliout  the 
camp. 

519. . .  .The  horses  of  the  rear  rank  are  placed  on  the  left  of  those 
of  their  file-leaders. 

520 The  horses  of  the  Lieutenants  are  placed  on  the  right  of 

their  platoons ;  those  of  the  Captains  on  the  right  of  the  company. 

521.  . .  .Each  horse  occupies  a  space  of  about  2  paces.  The  num- 
ber of  horses  in  the  company  fixes  the  depth  of  the  camp,  and  the 
distance  between  the  files  of  tents ;  the  forage  is  placed  between  the 
tents. 

522 ....  The  kitchens  are  20  paces  in  front  of  each  file  of  tents. 

523 The  non-commissioned  ofiicers  are  in  the  tents  of  the  front 

rank.  Camp-followers,  teamsters,  &c.,  are  in  the  rear  rank.  The 
police  guard  in  the  rear  rank,  near  the  centre  of  the  regiment. 

524. . .  .The  tents  of  the  Lieutenants  are  30  paces  in  rear  of  the 
file  of  their  company ;  the  tents  of  the  Captains  30  paces  in  rear  of 
the  Lieutenants. 

525.  . .  .The  Colonel's  tent  30  paces  in  rear  of  the  Captains',  near 
the  centre  of  the  regiment ;  the  Lieutenant-Colonel  on  his  right ;  the 
Adjutant  on  his  left ;  the  Majors  on  the  same  line,  opposite  the  2d 
company  on  the  right  and  left;  the  Surgeon  on  the  left  of  the  Ad- 
jutant. 


70  Camp  of  Artillery. 

526 The  field  and  staff  have  their  horses  on  the  left  of  their 

tents,  on  the  same  line  with  the  company  horses  ;  sick  horses  are 
placed  in  one  line  on  the  right  or  left  of  the  camp.  The  men  who 
attend  them  have  a  separate  file  of  tents  ;  the  forges  and  wagons  in 
rear  of  this  file.  The  horses  of  the  train  and  of  camp-followers  are 
in  one  or  more  files  extending  to  the  rear,  behind  the  right  or  left 
squadron.  The  advanced  post  of  the  police  guard  is  200  paces  in 
front,  opposite  the  centre  of  the  regiment ;  the  horses  in  one  or  two 
files. 

527 The  sinks  for  the  men  are  150  paces  in  front — those  for  of- 
ficers 100  paces  in  rear  of  the  camp. 

CAMP   OF   ARTILLERY. 

528 The  artillery  is  encamped  near  the  troops  to  which  it  is 

attached,  so  as  to  be  protected  from  attack,  and  to  contribute  to  the 
defense  of  the  camp.  Sentinels  for  the  park  are  furnished  by  the  ar- 
tillery, and,  when  necessary,  by  the  other  troops. 

529. . .  .For  a  battery  of  G  pieces  the  tents  are  in  three  files — one 
for  each  section  ;  distance  between  the  ranks  of  tents  15  paces  ;  tents 
opening  to  the  front.  The  horses  of  each  section  are  picketed  in  one 
file,  10  paces  to  the  left  of  the  file  of  tents.  In  the  horse  artillery,  or 
if  the  number  of  horses  makes  it  necessary,  the  horses  are  in  two  files 
on  the  right  and  left  of  the  file  of  tents.  The  kitchens  are  25  paces 
in  front  of  the  front  rank  of  tents.  The  tents  of  the  officers  are  in 
the  outside  files  of  company  tents,  25  paces  in  rear  of  the  rear  rank 
— the  Captain  on  the  right,  the  Lieutenants  on  the  left. 

530 ....  The  park  is  opposite  the  centre  of  the  camp,  40  paces  in 
rear  of  the  officers'  tents.  The  carriages  in  files  4  paces  apart ;  dis- 
tance between  ranks  of  carriages  sufficient  for  the  horses  when  har- 
nessed to  them  ;  the  park  guard  is  25  paces  in  rear  of  the  park.  The 
sinks  for  the  men  150  paces  in  front  ;  for  the  officers  100  paces  in 
rear.    The  harness  is  in  the  tents  of  the  men. 


531 ....  A  regiment  of  cavalry  being  in  order  of  battle,  in  rear 
of  the  ground  to  be  occupied,  the  Colonel  breaks  it  by  platoons  to 
the  right.  The  horses  of  each  platoon  are  placed  in  a  single  row, 
and  fastened  as  prescribed  for  camps ;  near  the  enemy,  they  re- 
main saddled  all  night,  with  slackened  girths.  The  arms  are  at  first 
stacked  in  rear  of  each  row  of  horses  ^  the  sabres,  with  the  bridles 
hung  on  them,  are  placed  against  the  stacks. 

532 The  forage  is  placed  on  the  right  of  each  row  of  horses. 

Two  stable-guards  for  each  platoon  watch  the  horses. 


Bivouacs. . .  .  Cantonments,  71 

533 ....  A  fire  for  each  platoon  is  made  near  the  color  line,  20  paces 
to  the  left  of  the  row  of  horses.  A  shelter  is  made  for  the  men 
around  the  lire,  if  possible,  and  each  man  then  stands  his  arms  and 
bridle  against  the  shelter. 

534.  . .  .The  fires  and  shelter  for  the  officers  are  placed  in  rear  of 
the  line  of  those  for  the  men. 

635.  ...The  interval  between  the  squadrons  must  be  without  ob- 
struction throughout  the  whole  depth  of  the  bivouac. 

636. . ,  .The  interval  between  the  shelters  should  be  such  that  the 
platoons  can  take  up  a  line  of  battle  freely  to  the  front  or  rear. 

537. . .  .The  distance  from  the  enemy  decides  the  manner  in  which 
the  horses  are  to  be  fed  and  led  to  water.  When  it  is  permitted  to 
unsaddle,  the  saddles  are  placed  in  the  rear  of  the  horses. 

538 ...  .In  infantry,  the  fires  are  made  in  rear  of  the  color  line,  on 
the  ground  that  would  be  occupied  by  the  tents  in  camp.  The  com- 
panies are  placed  around  them,  and,  if  possible,  construct  shelters. 
When  liable  to  surprise,  the  infantry  should  stand  to  arms  at  day- 
break, and  the  cavalry  mount  until  the  return  of  the  reconnoitring 
parties.  If  the  arms  are  to  be  taken  apart  to  clean,  it  must  be  done 
by  detachments,  successively. 

CANTONMENTS. 

539 The  cavalry  should  be  placed  under  shelter  whenever  the 

distance  from  the  enemy,  and  from  the  ground  where  the  troops  are 
to  form  for  battle,  permit  it.  Taverns  and  farm-houses,  with  large 
stables  and  free  access,  are  selected  for  quartering  them. 

640 The  Colonel  indicates  the  place  of  assembling  in  case  of 

alarm.  It  should  generally  be  outside  the  cantonment ;  the  egress 
from  it  should  be  free ;  the  retreat  upon  the  other  positions  secure, 
and  roads  leading  to  it  on  the  side  of  the  enemy  obstructed. 

541.... The  necessary  orders  being  given,  as  in  establishing  a 
camp,  the  picket  and  grand  guards  are  posted.  A  sentinel  may  be 
placed  on  a  steeple  or  high  house,  and  then  the  troops  are  marched 
to  the  quarters.  The  men  sleep  in  the  stables,  if  it  is  thought  ne- 
cessary. 

642 ....  The  above  applies  in  the  main  to  infantry.  Near  the  ene- 
my, companies  or  platoons  should  be  collected,  as  much  as  possible,  in 
the  same  houses.  If  companies  must  be  separated,  they  should  be 
divided  by  platoons  or  squads.     All  take  arms  at  daybreak. 

643 ....  When  cavalry  and  infantry  canton  together,  the  latter  fur- 
nish the  guards  by  night,  and  the  former  by  day. 

644. . .  .Troops  cantoned  in  presence  of  the  enemy  should  be  cov- 


72  Military  Exercises ....  Dispatches. 

ered  by  advanced  guards  and  natural  or  artificial  obstacles.  Canton- 
ments taken  during  a  cessation  of  hostilities  should  be  estabHshed 
in  rear  of  a  line  of  defense,  and  in  front  of  the  point  on  which  the 
troops  would  concentrate  to  receive  an  attack.  The  General  com- 
manding-in-chief  assigns  the  limits  of  their  cantonments  to  the  di- 
visions, the  commanders  of  divisions  to  brigades,  and  the  command- 
ers of  brigades  post  their  regiments.  The  position  for  each  corps  in 
case  of  attack  is  carefully  pointed  out  by  the  Generals. 

HEAD-QUARTERS. 

645 ....  Generals  take  post  at  the  centre  of  their  commands,  on  the 
main  channels  of  communication.  If  troops  bivouac  in  presence  of 
the  enemy,  the  Generals  bivouac  with  them. 

MILITARY   EXERCISES. 

546.  . .  .When  troops  remain  in  camp  or  cantonment  many  days, 
the  Colonels  require  them  to  be  exercised  in  the  school  of  the  battal- 
ion and  squadron.  Regiments  and  brigades  encamped  by  division 
are  not  united  for  drills  without  the  pennission  of  the  General  of 
division.  The  troops  must  not  bs  exercised  at  the  firings  without  the 
authority  of  the  General  commanding-in-chief.  The  practice  of  the 
drums  must  never  begin  with  the  *'  general,"  or  the  "  march  of  the 
regiment  ;'*  nor  the  trumpets  with  the  sound  "  to  horse."  The  hour 
for  practice  is  always  announced. 


547. . .  .In  the  field,  verbal  orders  and  important  sealed  orders  are 
carried  by  ofiicers,  and,  if  possible,  by  stafi^  officers.  When  orders 
are  carried  by  orderlies,  the  place  and  time  of  departure  will  be 
marked  on  them,  and  place  and  time  of  delivery  on  the  receipt. 

DISPATCHES. 

548 ....  Dispatches,  particularly  for  distant  corps,  should  be  in- 
trusted only  to  ofiScers  to  whom  their  contents  can  be  confided.  In  a 
country  occupied  by  the  enemy,  the  bearer  of  dispatches  should  be 
accompanied  by  at  least  two  of  the  best  mounted  men ;  should  avoid 
towns  and  villages,  and  the  main  roads ;  rest  as  little  as  possible,  and 
only  at  out-of-the-way  places.  Where  there  is  danger,  he  should 
send  one  of  the  men  in  advance,  and  be  always  ready  to  destroy  his 
dispatches.  He  should  be  adroit  in  answering  questions  about  the 
army,  and  not  to  be  intimidated  by  threats. 


Issiies ....  Hosier.  73 


WATCHWORDS. 

549 The  parole  and  countersign  are  issued  daily  from  the  prin- 
cipal head-quarters  of  the  command.  The  countersign  is  given  to 
the  sentinels  and  non-commissioned  officers  of  guards;  the  parole  to 
the  commissioned  officers  of  guards.  The  parole  is  usually  the  name 
of  a  general,  the  countersign  of  a  battle. 

550 When  the  parole  and  Countersign  can  not  be  commu- 
nicated daily  to  a  post  or  detachment  which  ought  to  use  the  same  as 
the  main  body,  a  series  of  words  may  be  sent  for  some  days  in  ad- 
vance. 

551 If  the  countersign  is  lost,  or  one  of  the  guard  deserts  with 

it,  the  commander  on  the  spot  will  substitute  another,  and  report  the 
case  at  once  to  the  proper  superior,  that  immediate  notice  may  be 
given  to  head-quarters. 


552 At  what  time  and  for  what  period  issues  are  made,  must 

depend  on  circumstances,  and  be  regulated  in  orders.  When  an 
army  is  not  moving,  rations  are  generally  issued  for  four  days  at  a 
time.  Issues  to  the  companies  of  a  regiment,  and  the  fatigues  to 
receive  them,  are  superintended  by  an  officer  detailed  from  the  regi- 
ment. Issues  are  made  from  one  end  of  the  line  to  the  other,  begin- 
ning on  the  right  and  left,  alternately.  An  issue  commenced  to  one 
regiment  will  not  be  inteiTupted  for  another  entitled  to  precedence  if 
it  had  been  in  place. 

THE   ROSTER,  OR   DETAILS  FOR    SERVICE. 

553 The  duties  performed  by  detail  are  of  three  classes.     The 

Jirst  class  comprises,  1st.  grand  guards  and  outposts;  2d.  interior 
guards,  as  of  magazine,  hospital,  &c. ;  3d.  orderlies ;  4th.  police 
guards. 

The  second  class  comprises,  1st.  detachments  to  protect  laborers  on 
military  works,  as  field-works,  communications,  &c. ;  2d.  working 
parties  on  such  works  ;  3d.  detachments  to  protect  fatigues. 

The  third  class  are  all  fatigues,  without  arms,  in  or  out  of  camp. 

In  the  cavalry,  stable-guards  form  a  separate  roster,  and  count  be- 
fore fatigue. 

554.  . .  .The  rosters  are  distinct  for  each  class.  Officers  are  named 
on  them  in  the  order  of  rank.  The  details  are  taken  in  succession 
in  the  order  of  the  roster,  beginning  at  the  head. 

555 Lieutenants  form  one  roster,  and  first  and  second  Lieuten- 

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ants  are  entered  on  it  alternately.  The  senior  first  Lieutenant  is 
the  first  on  the  roster ;  the  senior  second  Lieutenant  is  the  second, 
&c.  The  Captains  form  one  roster,  and  are  exempt  from  fatigues, 
except  to  superintend  issues.  A  Captain  commanding  a  battalion 
temporarily  is  exempt  from  detail,  and  duty  falHng  to  him  passes. 
Lieutenant-Colonels  and  Majors  are  on  one  roster.  They  may  be 
detailed  for  duties  of  the  first  and  second  classes,  when  the  import- 
ance of  the  guards  and  detachments  requires  it.  Their  roster  is  kept 
at  division  and  brigade  head-quarters.  In  the  company,  sergeants, 
corporals,  and  privates  form  distinct  rosters. 

656. ..  .Officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  and  soldiers  take  du- 
ties of  the  first  class  in  the  order  stated,  viz.,  the  first,  for  the  detail, 
takes  the  grand  guards ;  the  next,  the  interior  guards ;  the  last,  the 
police  guard ;  and  the  same  rule  in  regard  to  the  details  and  duties 
of  the  second  class.  In  the  details  for  the  third  class,  the  senior  offi- 
cer takes  the  largest  party.  The  party  first  for  detail  takes  the  serv- 
ice out  of  camp. 

557 When  the  officer  whose  tour  it  is,  is  not  able  to  take  it,  or 

is  not  present  at  the  hour  of  marching,  the  next  after  him  takes  it. 
When  a  guard  has  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels,  or  an  interior  guard 
has  reached  its  post,  the  officer  whose  tour  it  was  can  not  then  take 
it.  He  takes  the  tour  of  the  officer  who  has  taken  his.  WTien  an 
officer  is  prevented  by  sickness  from  taking  his  tour,  it  passes.  These 
rules  apply  equally  to  non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers. 

558. . .  .Duties  of  the  first  and  second  classes  are  credited  on  the 
roster  when  the  guards  or  detachments  have  passed  the  chain  of  sen- 
tinels, or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its  post;  fatigue  duties  when 
the  parties  have  passed  the  chain  or  begun  the  duties  in  camp. 

559 Every  officer,  non-commissioned  officer,  or  soldier,  on  duty 

of  the  first  class,  or  who  is  of  the  next  detail  for  such  duty,  takes, 
w^hen  relieved,  the  duty  of  the  second  or  third  class  that  has  fallen  to 
him  during  that  time,  unless  he  has  marched  for  detachment  of  more 
than  twenty-four  hours. 

560. ..  .Soldiers  march  with  knapsacks  on  all  duties  of  the  first 
class ;  and  with  arms  and  equipments  complete  on  all  working  parties 
out  of  the  camp,  unless  otherwise  ordered.  In  the  cavalry,  horses  are 
packed  for  all  mounted  service. 

561 In  the  cavalry,  dismounted  men,  and  those  whose  horses 

are  not  in  order,  are  preferi'ed  for  the  detail  for  dismounted  service. 
Those  who  are  mounted  are  never  employed  on  those  services,  if  the 
number  of  the  other  class  are  sufficient. 

562 Every  non-commissioned  officer  and  soldier  in  the  cavalry 


Police  Guard.  75 

detailed  for  dismounted  service  must,  before  he  marches,  take  to  the 
First  Sergeant  of  the  troop,  or  Sergeant  of  his  squad,  his  horse  equip- 
ments and  his  valise  ready  packed.  In  case  of  alarm,  the  First  Ser- 
geant sees  that  the  horses  of  these  men  are  equipped  and  led  to  the 
rendezvous. 

563 These  rules  in  regard  to  the  roster  apply  also  to  service  in 

garrison. 

POLICE    GUARD. 

564 In  each  regiment  a  police  guard  is  detailed  every  day,  Con- 
sisting of  two  sergeants,  three  corporals,  two  drummers,  and  men 
enough  to  furnish  the  required  sentinels  and  patrols.  The  men  are 
taken  from  all  the  companies,  from  each  in  proportion  to  its  strength. 
The  guard  is  commanded  by  a  Lieutenant,  under  the  supervision  of  a 
Captain,  as  regimental  officer  of  the  day.  It  furnishes  ten  sentinels 
at  the  camp :  one  over  the  arms  of  the  guard ;  one  at  the  Colonel's 
tent;  three  on  the  color  front,  one  of  them  over  the  colors;  three, 
fifty  paces  in  rear  of  the  field  officers'  tents ;  and  one  on  each  flank, 
between  it  and  the  next  regiment.  If  it  is  a  flank  regiment,  one 
more  sentinel  is  posted  on  the  outer  flank. 

565. . .  .An  advanced  post  is  detached  from  the  police  guard,  com- 
posed of  a  sergeant,  a  corporal,  a  drummer,  and  nine  men  to  furnish 
sentinels  and  the  guard  over  the  prisoners.  The  men  are  the  first 
of  the  guard  roster  from  each  company.  The  men  of  the  advanced 
post  must  not  leave  it  under  any  pretext.  Their  meals  are  sent  to 
the  post.  The  advanced  post  furnishes  three  sentinels;  two  a  few 
paces  in  front  of  the  post,  opposite  the  right  and  left  wing  of  the  reg- 
iment, posted  so  as  to  see  as  far  as  possible  to  the  front,  and  one  over 
the  arms. 

h^^ ....  In  the  cavalry,  dismounted  men  are  employed  in  preference 
on  the  police  guard.  The  mounted  men  on  guard  are  sent  in  succes- 
sion, a  part  at  a  time,  to  groom  their  horses.  The  advanced  post  is 
always  formed  of  mounted  men. 

567 ....  In  each  company,  a  corporal  has  charge  of  the  stable- 
guard.  His  tour  begins  at  retreat,  and  ends  at  morning  stable-call. 
The  stable-guard  is  large  enough  to  relieve  the  men  on  post  eveiy  two 
hours.  They  sleep  in  their  tents,  and  are  called  by  the  corporal 
when  wanted.  At  retreat  he  closes  the  streets  of  the  camp  with 
cords,  or  uses  other  precautions  to  prevent  the  escape  of  loose  horses. 

568.  . .  .The  officer  of  the  day  is  charged  with  the  order  and  clean- 
liness of  the  camp :  a  fatigue  is  furnished  to  him  when  the  number 
of  prisoners  is  insufficient  to  clean  the  camp.  He  has  the  calls  beat^ 
en  by  the  drummer  of  the  guard. 


76  Police  Guard, 

569.... The  police  guard  and  the  advanced  post  pay  the  same 
honors  as  other  guards.  They  take  arms  when  an  armed  body  ap- 
proaches. 

570.  . .  .The  sentinel  over  the  colors  has  orders  not  to  permit  them 
to  be  moved  except  in  presence  of  an  escort;  to  let  no  one  toucli 
them  but  the  color-bearer,  or  the  sergeant  of  the  police  guard  when 
he  is  accompanied  by  two  armed  men. 

571.  . .  .The  sentinels  on  the  color  front  permit  no  soldier  to  take 
arms  from  the  stacks,  except  by  erder  of  some  officer,  or  a  non-com- 
missioned officer  of  the  guard.  The  sentinel  at  the  Colonel's  tent  has 
orders  to  warn  him,  day  or  night,  of  any  unusual  movement  in  or 
about  the  camp. 

572.... The  sentinels  on  the  front,  flanks,  and  rear,  ^ee  that  no 
soldier  leaves  camp  with  horse  or  arms  unless  conducted  by  a  non- 
commissioned officer.  They  prevent  non-commissioned  officers  and 
soldiers  from  passing  out  at  night,  except  to  go  to  the  sinks,  and  mark 
if  they  return.  They  arrest,  at  any  time,  suspicious  persons  prowling 
about  the  camp,  and  at  night,  every  one  who  attempts  to  enter,  even 
the  soldiers  of  other  corps.  Arrested  persons  are  sent  to  the  officer 
of  the  guard,  who  sends  them,  if  necessary,  to  the  officer  of  the  day. 

573 The  sentinels  on  the  front  of  the  advanced  post  have  orders 

to  permit  neither  non-commissioned  officers  nor  soldiers  to  pass  the 
line,  without  reporting  at  the  advanced  post ;  to  warn  the  advanced 
post  of  the  approach  of  any  armed  body,  and  to  arrest  all  suspicious 
persons.  The  sergeant  sends  persons  so  arrested  to  the  officer  of  the 
guard,  and  warns  him  of  the  approach  of  any  armed  body. 

574 The  sentinel  over  the  arms  at  the  advanced  post  guards  the 

prisoners  and  keeps  sight  of  them,  and  suffers  no  one  to  converse  wdth 
them  without  permission.  They  are  only  permitted  to  go  to  the  sinks 
one  at  a  time,  and  under  a  sentinel. 

575 ...  .If  any  one  is  to  be  passed  out  of  camp  at  night,  the  officer 
of  the  guard  sends  him  under  escort  to  the  advanced  post,  and  the 
sergeant  of  the  post  has  him  passed  over  the  chain. 

576.  . . .  At  retreat,  the  officer  of  the  guard  has  the  roll  of  his  guard 
called,  and  inspects  arms,  to  see  that  they  are  loaded  and  in  order; 
and  visits  the  advanced  post  for  the  same  purpose.  The  sergeant  of 
the  police  guard,  accompanied  by  two  armed  soldiers,  folds  the  colors 
and  lays  them  on  the  trestle  in  rear  of  the  arms.  He  sees  that  the 
sutler's  stores  are  then  closed,  and  the  men  leave  them,  and  that  the 
kitchen  fires  are  put  out  at  the  appointed  hour. 

577.  ...The  officer  of  the  day  satisfies  himself  frequently  during 
the  night,  of  the  vigilance  of  the  police  guard  and  advanced  post. 


Police  Guard ....  Picket.  77 

He  prescribes  patrols  and  rounds  to  be  made  by  the  officer  and  non- 
commissioned officers  of  the  guard.  The  officer  of  the  guard  orders 
them  when  he  thinks  necessary.     He  visits  the  sentinels  frequently. 

578 ...  -At  reveille,  the  police  guard  takes  arms ;  the  officer  of  the 
guard  inspects  it  and  the  advanced  post.  The  Sergeant  replants  the 
colors  in  place.  At  retreat  and  reveille  the  advanced  post  takes 
arms;  the  Sergeant  makes  his  report  to  the  officer  of  the  guard 
when  he  visits  the  post. 

67.9. . .  .When  necessary,  the  camp  is  covered  at  night  with  small 
outposts,  forming  a  double  chain  of  sentinels.  These  posts  are  under 
the  orders  of  the  commander  of  the  police  guard,  and  are  visited  by 
his  patrols  and  rounds. 

680 The  officer  of  the  guard  makes  his  report  of  his  tour  of 

service,  including  the  advanced  post,  and  sends  it,  after  the  guard  is 
marched  off,  to  the  officer  of  the  day. 

581 When  the  regiment  marches,  the  men  of  the  police  guard 

return  to  their  companies,  except  those  of  the  advanced  post.  In  the 
cavalr}^  at  the  sound  "  boot  and  saddle,"  the  officer  of  the  guard 
sends  one  half  the  men  to  saddle  and  pack ;  when  the  regiment  as- 
sembles, all  the  men  join  it. 

682 When  the  camping-party  precedes  the  regiment,  and  the 

new  police  guard  marches  with  the  camping-party,  the  guard,  on 
reaching  the  camp,  forms  in  line  thirty  paces  in  front  of  the  centre 
of  the  ground  marked  for  the  regiment.  The  officer  of  the  guard 
furnishes  the  sentinels  required  by  the  commander  of  the  camping- 
party.     The  advanced  post  takes  its  station. 

583 The  advanced  post  of  the  old  police  guard  takes  charge  of 

the  prisoners  on  the  march,  and  marches,  bayonets  fixed,  at  the  cen- 
tre of  the  regiment.  On  reaching  camp,  it  turns  over  the  prisoners 
to  the  new  advanced  post. 

THE   PICKET. 

584: ....  The  detail  for  the  picket  is  made  daily,  after  the  details 
for  duty  of  the  first  class,  and  from  the  next  for  detail  on  the  roster 
of  that  class.  It  is  designed  to  furnish  detachments  and  guards  un- 
expectedly called  for  in  the  twenty-four  hours ;  it  counts  as  a  tour  of 
the  first  class  to  those  who  have  marched  on  detachment  or  guard,  or 
who  have  passed  the  night  in  bivouac. 

585.  . .  .The  officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  and  soldiers  of  the 
picket  are  at  all  times  dressed  and  equipped ;  the  horses  are  saddled, 
and  knapsacks  and  valises  ready  to  be  put  on. 

58G Detachments  and  guards  from  the  picket  are  taken  from 


78  Grand  Guards, 

the  head  of  the  picket-roll  in  each  company,  and,  if  possible,  equally 
from  each  company.  The  picket  of  a  regiment  is  composed  of  a 
Lieutenant,  two  Sergeants,-  four  Corporals,  a  drummer,  and  about 
forty  privates.  For  a  smaller  force,  the  picket  is  in  proportion  to  the 
strength  of  the  detachment. 

587.  . .  .Officers  and  men  of  the  picket  who  march  on  detachment 
or  guard  before  retreat  will  be  replaced. 

588 The  picket  is  assembled  by  the  Adjutant  at  guard-mount- 
ing ;  it  is  posted  twelve  paces  in  rear  of  -the  guard,  and  is  inspected 
by  its  own  commander.  When  the  guard  has  marched  in  review,  the 
commandant  of  the  picket  marches  it  to  the  left  of  the  police  guard, 
where  it  stacks  its  arms,  and  is  dismissed;  the  arms  are  under 
charge  of  the  sentinel  of  the  police  guard. 

589 . . .  .The  j^icket  is  only  assembled  by  the  orders  of  the  Colonel 
or  officer  of  the  day.     It  forms  on  the  left  of  the  police  guard. 

590.  . .  .The  officer  Of  the  day  requires  the  roll  of  the  picket  to  be 
called  frequently  during  the  day ;  the  call  is  sounded  from  the  police 
guard.  At  roll-calls  and  inspections,  infantry  pickets  assemble  with 
knapsacks  on,  cavalry  on  foot.  The  picket  is  assembled  at  retreat ; 
the  officer  has  the  roll  called,  and  inspects  the  arms.  The  picket 
sleep  in  their  tents,  but  without  undressing. 

591.  . .  .The  picket  does  not  assemble  at  night  except  in  cases  of 
alarm,  or  when  the  whole  or  a  part  is  to  march  ;  then  the  officer  of 
the  day  calls  the  officers,  the  latter  the  non-commissioned  officers, 
and  these  the  men,  for  which  purpose  each  ascertains  the  tents  of 
those  he  is  to  call ;  they  are  assembled  without  beat  of  drum  or  other 
noise.     At  night,  cavalry  pickets  assemble  mounted. 

592 ....  Pick^s  rejoin  their  companies  whenever  the  regiment  is 
imder  arms  for  review,  drill,  march,  or^battle. 

GRAND  GUAEDS  AND  OTHER  OUTPOSTS. 

593. . .  .Grand  guards  are  the  advanced  posts  of  a  camp  or  canton- 
ment, and  should  cover  the  approaches  to  it.  Their  number,  strength, 
and  positioH  are  regulated  by  the  commanders  of  brigades ;  in  de- 
tached corps,  by  the  commanding  officer.  "When  it  can  be,  the  grand 
guards  of  cavalry  and  infantry  are  combined,  the  cavalry  furnishing 
the  advanced  sentinels.  When  the  cavalry  is  weak,  the  grand  guards 
are  infantry,  but  furnished  with  a  few  cavalry  soldiers,  to  get  and  car- 
ry intelligence  of  the  enemy. 

594. . .  .The  strength  of  the  grand  guard  of  a  brigade  will  depend 
on  its  object  and  the  strength  of  the  regiments,  the  nature  of  the 
country,  the  position  of  the  enemy,  and  the  disposition  of  the  inhab- 
itants.    It  is  usually  commanded  by  a  Captain. 


Gi^and  Guards,  79 

595 .  . .  .Under  tho  supervision  of  the  Generals  of  Division  and  Brig- 
ade, the  grand  guards  are  specially  under  the  direction  of  a  field  of- 
ficer of  the  day  in  each  brigade.  In  case  of  necessity,  Captains  may 
be  added  to  the  roster  of  Lieutenant-Colonels  and  Majors  for  this  de- 
tail. 

596 Staff  officers,  sent  from  division  head-quarters  to  inspect  the 

posts  of  grand  guards,  give  them  orders  only  in  urgent  cases,  and  in 
the  absence  of  the  field  officer  of  the  day  of  the  brigade. 

597.  . .  .Grand  guards  usually  mount  at  the  same  time  as  the  other 
guards,  but  may  mount  before  daybreak  if  the  General  of  Brigade 
thinks  it  necessary  to  double  the  outposts  at  that  time.  In  this  case 
they  assemble  and  march  without  noise,  and  during  their  march  throw 
out  scoWits ;  this  precaution  should  always  be  taken  in  the  first  posting 
of  a  grand  guard.  The  doubling  of  guards  weakens  the  corps  and  fa- 
tigues the  men,  and  should  seldom  be  resorted  to,  and  never  when 
preparing  to  march  or  fight. 

598 ....  A  grand  guard  is  conducted  to  its  post,  in  the  first  instance, 
by  the  field  officer  of  the  day,  guided  by  a  staff  officer  who  accompa- 
nied the  General  in  his  reconnoissance.  After  the  post  has  been  es- 
tablished, the  commander  sends  to  the  field  officer  of  the  day,  when 
necessar}^  a  soldier  of  the  guard  to  guide  the  relieving  guard  to  the 
post.  He  also  sends  to  him  in  the  evening  a  corporal  or  trusty  man 
4>of  the  guard  for  the  note  containing  the  parole  and  countersign,  and 
sends  them  before  dark  to  the  detached  posts.  He  will  not  suffer  his 
guard  to  be  relieved  except  by  a  guard  of  the  brigade,  or  by  special 
orders: 

599.  . .  .If  there  is  no  pass  to  be  observed  or  defended,  the  grand 
guards  are  placed  near  the  centre  of  the  ground  they  are  to  observe, 
on  sheltered,  and,  if  possible,  high  ground,  the  better  to  conceal  their 
strength  and  obser\'e  the  enemy ;  they  ought  not  to  be  placed  near 
the  edge  of  a  wood.  When,  during  the  day,  they  are  placed  very 
near  or  in  sight  of  the  enemy,  they  fall  back  at  night  on  posts  select- 
ed farther  to  the  rear. 

600 In  broken  or  mountainous  countries,  and  particularly  if  the 

inhabitants  are  ill  disposed,  intermediate  posts  must  be  established 
when  it  is  necessary  to  post  the  grand  guard  distant  from  the  camp. 

601 ....  Grand  guards  are  chiefly  to  watch  the  enemy  in  front ; 
their  flanks  are  protected  by  each  other,  and  the  camp  must  furnish 
posts  to  protect  their  rear  and  secure  their  retreat. 

602 ....  Grand  guards  are  seldom  intrenched^  and  never  .without 
the  orders  of  the  General,  except  by  a  barricade  or  ditch  when  ex- 
posed in  a  plain  to  attacks  of  cavalry. 


^0  Grand  Guards, 

603 ....  The  General  of  Division,  if  he  thinks  proper,  changes  the 
stations  and  orders  of  these  guards,  and  establishes  posts  to  connect 
the  brigades  or  protect  the  exterior  flanks. 

601 ,  . . .  After  a  grand  guard  is  posted,  the  first  care  of  the  com- 
mander and  of  the  field  officer  of  the  day  is  to  get  news  of  the  ene- 
my; then  to  reconnoitre  his  position,  and  the  roads,  bridges,  fords* 
and  defiles.  This  reconnoissance  determines  the  force  and  position 
of  the  small  posts  and  their  sentinels  day  and  night.  These  posts, 
according  to  their  importance,  are  commanded  by  officers  or  non- 
commissioned officers ;  the  cayalrj  posts  may  be  relieved  every  four 
or  eight  hours. 

605 The  commander  of  a  grand  guard  receives  detailed  instruc- 
tions from  the  General  and  field  officer  of  the  day  of  the  brigade,  and 
instructs  the  commanders  of  the  small  posts  as  to  their  duties  and 
the  arrangements  for  defense  or  retreat.  The  commanders  of  grand 
guards  may,  in  urgent  cases,  change  the  positions  of  the  small  posts. 
If  the  small  posts  are  to  change  their  positions  at  night,  they  wait  un- 
til the  grand  guard,  have  got  into  position  and  darkness  hides  their 
movements  from  the  enemy ;  then  march  silently  and  rapidly  under 
the  charge  of  an  officer. 

606.  . .  .In  detached  corps,  small  posts  of  picked  men  are  at  night 
sent  forward  on  the  roads  by  which  the  enemy  may  attack  or  turn 
the  position.  They  watch  the  forks  of  the  roads,  keep  silence,  con-sg^ 
ceal  themselves,  light  no  fires,  and  often  change  place.  They  an- 
nounce the  approach  of  the  enemy  by  signals  agreed  upon,  and  re- 
treat, by  routes  examined  during  the  day,  to  places  selected,  and  re- 
join the  guard  at  daybreak. 

607 ....  Grand  guards  have  special  orders  in  each  case,  and  the 
following  in  all  cases :  to  inform  the  nearest  posts  and  the  field  offi- 
cer of  the  day,  or  the  General  of  Brigade,  of  the  march  and  move- 
ments of  the  enemy,  and  of  the  attacks  they  receive  or  fear ;  to  ex- 
amine every  person  passing  near  the  post,  particularly  those  coming 
from  without ;  to  arrest  suspicious  persons,  and  all  soldiers  and  camp- 
followers  w^ho  tr}'  to  pass  out  without  permission,  and  to  send  to  the 
General,  unless  otherwise  directed,  all  country  people  who  come  in. 

608 All  out-guards  stand  to  arms  at  night  on  the  approach  of 

patrols,  rounds,  or  other  parties ;  the  sentinel  over  the  arms  has  or-r 
ders  to  call  them  out. 

609 ....  Advanced  posts  will  not  take  arms  for  inspection  or  cere- 
mony when  it  would  expose  them  to  the  view  of  the  enemy. 

610 Grand  guards  are  often  charged  with  the  care  and  working 

of  telegraphic  signals. 


Grand  Guards.  81 

611 The  sentinels  and  vedettes  are  placed  on  points  from  which 

they  can  see  farthest,,  taking  care  not  to  break  their  connection  with 
each  other  or  with  their  posts.  They  are  concealed  from  the  enemy 
as  much  as  possible  by  walls,  or  trees,  or  elevated  ground.  It  is  gen- 
erally even  of  more  advantage  not  to  be  seen  than  to  see  far.  They 
should  not  be  placed  near  covers,  where  the  enemy  may  capture 
them. 

G12.  . .  .A  sentinel  should  always  be  ready  to  fire;  vedettes  carry 
their  pistols  or  carbines  in  their  hands.  A  sentinel  must  be  sure  of 
the  presence  of  an  enemy  before  he  fires ;  once  satisfied  of  that,  he 
must  fire,  though  all  defense  on  his  part  be  useless,  as  the  safety  of 
the  post  may  depend  otjl  it.  Sentinels  fire  on  all  persons  deserting  to 
the  enemy. 

613.  . .  .If  the  post  must  be  where  a  sentinel  on  it  can  not  com- 
municate with  the  guard,  a  Corporal  and  three  men  are  detached  for 
it,  or  the  sentinels  are  doubled,  that  one  may  communicate  with  the 
guard.  During  the  day  the  communication  may  be  made  by  signals, 
such  as  raising  a  cap  or  handkerchief.  At  night  sentinels  are  placed 
on  low  ground,  the  better  to  see  objects  against  the  sky. 

614 To  lessen  the  duty  of  rounds,  and  keep  more  men  on  the 

alert  at  night,  sentinels  are  relieved  every  hour.  To  prevent  senti- 
nels from  being  surprised,  it  is  sometimes  well  to  precede  the  coun- 
tersign by  signals,  such  as  striking  the  musket  with  the  hand,  strik- 
ing the  hands  together,  6bc. 

615.  . .  .On  the  approach  of  any  one  at  night,  the  sentinel  orders — 
"  Halt  r  If  the  order  is  not  obeyed  after  once  repeated,  he  fires. 
K  obeyed,  he  calls — "  Who  goes  there  f^  If  answered — ^^  Rounds''  or 
*''' Patrol^'''  he  says — ''''Advance  with  the  countersign^  If  more  than  one 
advance  at  the  same  time,  or  the  person  who  advances  fails  to  give 
the  countersign  or  signal  agreed  on,  the  sentinel  fires,  and  falls  back 
on  his  guard.  The  sentinel  over  the  arms,  as  soon  as  his  hail  is  an- 
swered, turns  out  the  guard,  and  the  Corporal  goes  to  reconnoitre. 
When  it  is  desirable  to  hide  the  position  of  the  sentinel  from  the 
enemy,  the  hail  is  replaced  by  signals  ;  the  sentinel  gives  the  signal, 
and  those  approaching  the  counter  signal. 

616.  . .  .With  raw  troops,  or  when  the  light  troops  of  the  enemy 
are  numerous  or  active,  and  when  the  country  is  broken  or  wooded, 
the  night  stormy  or  dark,  sentinels  should  be  doubled.  In  this  case, 
while  one  watches,  the  other,  called  a  flying  sentinel,  moves  about, 
examining  the  paths  and  hollows. 

617.  . .  .The  commandants  of  grand  guards  visit  the  sentinels  oft- 
en ;  change  their  positions  when  necessary  ;  make  them  repeat  their 

D2 


82  Grand  Giiards, 

orders ;  teach  them  under  what  circumstances  and  at  what  signals 
to  retire,  and  particularly  not  to  fall  back  directly  on  their  guard  if 
pursued,  but  to  lead  the  enemy  in  a  circuit. 

G18.  . . .  At  night,  haU*  the  men  of  the  grand  guard  off  post  watch 
under  arms,  wliile  the  rest  lie  down,  arms  by  their  side.  The  horses 
are  always  bridled ;  the  horsemen  hold  the  reins,  and  must  not  sleep. 

619.  . .  .When  a  grand  guard  of  cavalry  is  so  placed  as  not  to  be 
liable  to  a  sudden  attack  from  the  enemy,  the  General  may  permit 
the  horses  to  be  fed  during  the  night,  unbridling  for  this  purpose  a 
few  at  a  time — the  horsemen  being  vigilant  to  prevent  them  from  es- 
caping. 

620. . .  .An  hour  before  break  of  day,  infantry  grand  guards  stand 
to  arms,  and  cavalry  mount.  At  the  advanced  posts,  some  of  the  in- 
fantry are  all  night  under  arms,  some  of  the  cavalry  on  horseback. 

621.  . .  .The  commander  of  a  grand  guard  regulates  the  numbers, 
the  hours,  and  the  march  of  patrols  and  rounds,  according  to  the 
strength  of  his  troop  and  the  necessity  for  precaution ;  and,  accom- 
panied by  those  who  are  to  command  the  patrols  and  rounds  during 
the  night,  he  will  reconnoitre  all  the  routes  they  are  to  follow. 

622 ....  Patrols  and  rounds  march  slowly,  in  silence,  and  with  great 
precaution ;  halt  frequently  to  listen  and  examine  the  ground.  The 
rounds  consist  of  an  officer  or  non-commissioned  officer,  and  two  or 
three  men. 

623 ....  Toward  break  of  day  the  patrols  ought  to  be  more  frequent, 
and  sent  to  greater  distances.  They  examine  the  hollow-ways  and 
ground  likely  to  conceal  an  enemy,  but  with  great  caution,  to  avoid 
being  cut  off,  or  engaged  in  an  unequal  combat ;  if  they  meet  the  en- 
emy, they  fire  and  attempt  to  stop  his  march.  While  the  patrols  are 
out,  the  posts  are  under  arms. 

624 Cavalry  patrols  should  examine  the  country  to  a  greater 

distance  than  infantry,  and  report  to  the  infantry  guard  every  thing 
they  observe.  The  morning  patrols  and  scouts  do  not  return  until 
broad  daylight;  and  when  they  return,  the  night  sentinels  are  with- 
drawn, and  the  posts  for  the  day  resumed. 

625.  . .  .When  patrols  are  sent  beyond  the  advanced  posts,  the  posts 
and  sentinels  should  be  warned. 

626.  . .  .On  their  return,  commanders  of  patrols  report  in  regard  to 
the  ground  and  every  thing  they  have  observed  of  the  movements  of 
the  enemy,  or  of  his  posts,  and  the  commandant  of  the  grand  guard 
reports  to  the  field  officer  of  the  day. 

627. . .  .The  fires  of  grand  guards  should  be  hidden  by  a  wall,  or 
ditch,  or  other  screen.    To  deceive  the  enemy,  fires  are  sometimes 


Intrenched  Posts.  83 

made  on  ground  not  occupied.  Eircs  are  not  permitted  at  small  posts 
liable  to  surprise. 

628 The  horses  of  cavalry  guards  are  watered  or  fed  by  detach- 
ments ;  during  which  the  rest  are  ready  to  mount. 

629 ....  If  a  body  of  troops  attempt  to  enter  the  camp  at  night,  un- 
less their  arrival  has  been  announced,  or  the  commander  is  known  to, 
or  is  the  bearer  of  a  written  order  to  the  commander  of  the  grand 
guard,  he  stops  them,  and  sends  the  commander  under  escort  to  the 
field  officer  of  the  day,  and  warns  the  posts  near  him. 

630. . .  .Bearers  of  flags  are  not  permitted  to  pass  the  outer  chain 
of  sentinels ;  their  faces  are  turned  from  the  post  or  army ;  if  neces- 
sary, their  eyes  are  bandaged  ;  a  non-commissioned  officer  stays  with 
them  to  prevent  indiscretion  of  the  sentinels. 

631 .. .  .The  commandant  of  the  grand  guard  receipts  for  dispatch- 
es, and  sends  them  to  the  field  officer  of  the  day  or  General  of  Brigade, 
and  dismisses  the  bearer ;  but  if  he  has  discovered  what  ought  to  be 
concealed  from  the  enemy,  he  is  detained  as  long  as  necessary. 

632 ....  Deserters  are  disarmed  at  the  advanced  posts,  and  sent  to 
the  commander  of  the  grand  guard,  who  gets  from  them  all  the  in- 
formation he  can  concerning  his  post.  If  many  come  at  night,  they 
are  received  cautiously,  <ifeio  at  a  time.  They  are  sent  in  the  morn- 
ing to  the  field  officer  of  the  day,  or  to  the  nearest  post  or  camp,  to 
be  conducted  to  the  General  of  the  brigade.  All  suspected  persons 
are  searched  by  the  commanders  of  the  posts. 

633.... When  an  enemy  advances  to  attack,  unless  he  is  in  too 
great  force,  or  the  grand  guard  is  to  defend  an  intrenched  post  or  a 
defile,  it  will  take  the  positions  and  execute  the  movements  to 
check  the  enemy,  acting  as  skirmishers,  or  fighting  in  close  or  open 
order,  as  may  be  best.  The  guard  joins  its  corps  when  in  line,  or 
when  a  sufficient  number  of  troops  have  reached  the  ground  it  de- 
fends. 

INTRENCHED  POSTS. 

634 ....  Unless  the  army  be  acting  on  the  defensive,  no  post  should 
be  intrenched,  except  to  cover  the  weak  parts  of  the  line,  or  at  points 
which  the  enemy  can  not  avoid,  or  in  mountain  warfare,  or  to  close 
a  defile,  or  cover  winter  quarters. 

635 Posts  connected  with  the  operations  of  an  army  are  in- 
trenched only  by  order  of  the  General  commanding-in-chief  or  a 
General  of  Division. 

636.  . .  .Any  intrenchment  that  requires  artillery  is  considered  as 
a  post,  and  a  guard  or  garrison  and  commander  are  assigned  to  it. 


84  Detachments. 

637.  ...The  General  who  establishes  an  intrenched  post  gives  to 
its  commander  detailed  instructions  in  regard  to  its  defense,  and  the 
circumstances  under  which  the  defense  should  cease. 

G38 ....  The  commander  reconnoitres  his  post ;  distributes  the 
troops ;  posts  the  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers ;  forms  a  re- 
serve ;  gives  orders  for  all  contingencies  he  can  foresee  ;  supposes  an 
attack,  and  arranges  his  troops  for  defense,  so  as  to  prepare  them  for 
attack,  day  or  night. 

630 ....  In  dark  weather  he  redoubles  his  vigilance,  and  changes 
the  hours  and  direction  of  the  rounds  and  patrols.  He  permits  no 
flags  of  truce,  deserters,  or  strangers  to  enter.  If  a  flag  ought  to 
pass  his  post,  he  bandages  his  eyes.  He  refuses  admittance  to  a  re- 
lief or  any  other  party  until  he  has  carefully  examined  them.  In 
case  of  an  attack,  he  does  not  wait  for  orders  or  hold  a  council. 
Having  defended  his  j^ost  to  the  last  extremity,  or  till  the  purpose  of 
the  defense,  according  to  his  instructions,  is  answered,  he  may  then 
spike  his  guns  and  rejoin  the  army  under  cover  of  night,  or  by  cut- 
ting his  way  through  the  enemy. 

DETACHMENTS. 

640 When   a  detachment  is  to  be  formed  from  the  different 

regiments  of  a  brigade,  the  Assistant  Adjutant-General  of  the  brigade 
assembles  it,  and  turns  it  over  to  the  commander. 

641. . .  .When  a  detachment  is  to  be  formed  from  different  brig- 
ades, the  Assistant  Adjutant-General  in  each  forms  the  contingent  of 
the  brigade,  and  sends  it  to  the  place  of  assembling. 

642 ....  Detachments  are  generally  formed  by  taking  battalions, 
squadrons,  companies,  platoons  in  turn,  according  to  the  roster  for 
such  detail. 

643 When  the  detachment  is  to  consist  of  men  from  every 

company  or  troop,  the  first  on  the  roster  for  guard  are  taken. 

644 ....  Officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  and  soldiers,  whose 
tour  it  is  to  go  on  detachment,  if  employed  otherwise  at  the  time,  are 
relieved  from  the  duty  they  are  on,  if  they  can  reach  camp  in  time  to 
march  with  the  detachment. 

645 When  detachments  meet,  the  command  is  regulated  while 

they  serve  together  as  if  they  formed  one  detachment.  But  the  se- 
nior officer  can  not  prevent  the  commander  of  any  detachment  from 
moving,  when  he  thinks  proper,  to  execute  the  orders  he  has  re- 
ceived. 

646 On  the  return  of  a  detachment,  the  commander  reports  to 

the  head-quarters  from  which  he  received  his  orders. 


Beconnaissances.  85 

RECONNAISSANCES. 

647 Near  an  enemy,  daily  reconnaissances  are  made  to  ob- 
serve the  ground  in  front,  and  to  discover  whether  the  advanced 
guards  of  the  enemy  have  been  increased  or  put  in  motion,  or  any 
other  sign  of  his  preparation  for  march  or  action. 

648 Thev  are  made  by  small  parties  of  cavalry  and  infantry, 

from  the  brigade,  under  direction  of  the  General  of  Division  or  the 
General  of  a  separate  brigade,  and  to  less  distance  by  the  patrols  of 
the  grand  guard,  and  are  not  repeated  at  the  same  hour  or  by  the 
same  route.  On  the  plain,  reconnaissances  are  made  by  cavalry; 
among  mountains,  by  infantry,  with  a  few  horsemen  to  carry  intelli- 
gence. 

649 ....  Eeconnoitring  parties  observe  the  following  precautions :  to 
leave  small  posts,  or  sentinels  at  interv,als,  to  transmit  intelligence  to 
the  advanced  posts  of  the  army,  unless  the  return  is  to  be  by  a  differ- 
ent route ;  to  march  with  caution,  to  avoid  fighting ;  and  see,  if  pos- 
sible, without  being  seen ;  to  keep  an  advanced  guard ;  to  send  well- 
mounted  men  ahead  of  the  advanced  guard,  and  on  the  flank  of  the 
party;  to  instruct  the  scouts  that  no  two  should  enter  a  defile  or 
mount  a  hill  together,  but  to  go  one  at  a  time,  while  one  watchas  to 
carry  the  news  if  the  other  is  taken. 

650 ....  Before  daybreak  the  advanced  guard  and  scouts  are  drawn 
closer ;  the  party  then  march  slowly  and  silently,  stop  frequently  to 
listen,  and  keep  the  horses  that  neigh  in  the  rear.  The  party  should 
enter  no  wood,  defile,  village,  or  inclosure,  until  it  has  been  fully  ex- 
amined by  the  scouts. 

651. . .  .Special  reconnaissances  are  made  under  the  instruction  of 
the  General  in  command,  by  such  officers  and  with  such  force  as  he 
may  direct. 

652 Offensive  or  forced  reconnaissances  are  to  ascertain  with 

certainty  points  in  the  enemy's  position,  or  his  strength.  They  are 
sometimes  preludes  to  real  actions,  and  sometimes  only  demonstra- 
tions. They  drive  irT  his  outposts,  and  sometimes  engage  special 
corps  of  his  hue.  They  are  only  made  by  the  order  of  the  General 
commanding-in-chief,  or  the  commander  of  an  isolated  corps. 

653. . .  .In  all  reports  of  reconnaissances,  the  officer  making  them 
shall  distinguish  expressly  what  he  has  seen  from  the  accounts  he  has 
not  been  able  to  verify  personally. 

654.  ...In  special  and  offensive  reconnaissances,  the  report  must 
be  accompanied  by  a  field-sketch  of  the  localities,  the  dispositions 
and  defenses  of  the  enemy. 


86  Partisans  and  Flankers, 


PARTISANS   AND   FLANKERS. 

655 The  operations  of  partisan  corps  depend  on  the  nature  and 

theatre  of  the  war;  they  enter  into  the  general  plan  of  operations,  and 
are  conducted  under  the  orders  of  the  General  commanding-in-chief. 

656.... The  composition  and  strength  of  partisan  corps  and  de- 
tachments of  flankers  depend  on  the  object,  the  difficulties,  the  dis- 
tance, and  the  probable  time  of  the  expedition. 

657.  . .  .The  purpose  of  these  isolated  corps  is  to  reconnoitre  at  a 
distance  on  the  flanks  of  the  army,  to  protect  its  operations,  to  de- 
ceive the  enemy,  to  interrupt  his  communications,  to  intercept  his 
couriers  and  his  correspondence,  to  threaten  or  destroy  his  magazines, 
to  carry  off*  his  posts  and  his  convoys,  or,  at  all  events,  to  retard  his 
march  by  making  him  detach  largely  for  their  protection. 

658 While  these  corps  fatigue  the  enemy  and  embarrass  his 

operations,  they  endeavor  to  inspire  confidence  and  secure  the  good- 
will of  the  inhabitants  in  a  friendly  country,  and  to  hold  them  in 
check  in  an  enemy's  country-. 

659 ....  They  move  actively,  appear  unexpectedly  on  different 
points  in  such  a  manner  as  to  make  it  impossible  to  estimate  their 
force,  or  to  tell  whether  they  are  irregular  forces  or  an  advanced  guard. 

6G0 ....  These  operations  require  vigilance,  secrecy,  energy,  and 
promptness.  The  partisan  commander  must  frequently  supply  by 
stratagem  and  audacity  what  he  wants  in  numbers. 

661.... These  detachments  are  sometimes  composed  of  different 
arms,  but  the  service  belongs  more  particularly  to  the  light  cavalry, 
.which  can  move  to  a  distance  by  rapid  marches,  sur]f)rise  the  enemy, 
attack  unexpectedly,  and  retire  as  promptly. 

662 ....  Stormy  weather,  fogs,  extreme  heat,  and  the  night  above 
all,  are  favorable  to  the  success  of  ambuscades ;  when  the  enemy  are 
careless,  the  break  of  day  is  the  best  time.  A  partisan  commander 
should  communicate  to  his  second  in  command  his  secret  orders,  the 
direction  and  object  of  the  expedition,  and  the  different  points  of 
junction  with  the  army. 

663. . .  .Guides  of  the  country  and  spies  are  often  necessary  to  the 
partisan.  They  are  examined  separately,  and  confronted  if  their  ac- 
counts differ.  When  there  is  but  one  guide,  he  marches  with  the  ad- 
vanced guard,  guarded  by  two  men,  and  bound  if  necessary.  Peddlers 
and  smugglers  are  specially  suitable  for  spies. 

(jQ4: A  fit  time  to  attack  a  convoy  is  at  a  halt,  or  when  they  be- 
gin to  park,  or  when  they  are  watering,  or  passing  a  wood  or  a  defile ; 
at  a  bend  of  the  road,  a  bridge,  or  steep  ascent. 


Marches.  87 

6G5 ....  The  attacking  party  may  be  principally  cavalry,  with  some 
infantry.  The  first  object  is  to  disperse  the  escort.  A  part  of  the  de- 
tachment attacks  the  main  body  of  the  escort,  another  the  wagons, 
and  a  third  is  in  reserve  ;  skirmishers  line  the  road,  and  try  to  cut  the 
traces,  and  to  seize  the  front  and  rear  wagons,  and  turn  them  across 
the  road,  to  prevent  the  train  from  advancing  or  retreating. 

&QQ ....  If  the  convoy  is  parked,  the  cavalry  sun-ounds  it,  assails  the 
escort,  and  tries  to  draw  it  away  from  the  train.  The  infantry  then 
engage  the  troops  remaining  at  the  park,  slip  under  the  wagons,  and 
get  into  the  park.  When  the  cavalry  is  alone  and  the  enemy  are 
shaken,  they  dismount  a  portion  of  the  men  to  supply  the  want  of  in- 
fantry. 

667. ..  .If  it  is  a  large  convoy,  the  principal  attack  is  made  on  the 
centre ;  the  most  valuable  wagons  are  also  selected,  and  additional 
horses  are  put  to  them  if  the  attack  is  successful.  Those  that  can 
not  be  carried  off  are  burned. 

MARCHES. 

668 ....  The  object  of  the  movement  and  the  nature  of  the  ground 
determine  the  order  of  march,  the  kind  of  troops  in  each  column,  and 
the  number  of  columns. 

669.  . .  .The  force  is  divided  into  as  many  columns  as  circumstances 
permit,  without  weakening  any  one  too  much.  They  ought  to  pre- 
serve their  communications,  and  be  within  supporting  distance  of 
each  other.  The  commander  of  each  column  ought  to  know  the 
strength  and  direction  of  the  others. 

670- . .  .The  advance  and  rear  guards  are  usually  light  troops  ;  their 
strength  and  composition  depend  on  the  nature  of  the  ground  and 
the  position  of  the  enemy.  They  serve  to  cover  the  movements  of  the 
army,  and  to  hold  the  enemy  in  check  until  the  General  has  time  to 
make  his  arrangements. 

671*.  . . .  The  advance  guard  is  not  always  at  the  head  of  the  column ; 
in  a  march  to  a  flank,  it  takes  such  positions  as  cover  the  movement. 
Sappers  are  attached  to  the  advanced  guard  if  required. 

672. . .  .The  "^ewera/,"  sounded  one  hour  before  the  time  of  march- 
ing, is  the  signal  to  strike  tents,  to  load  the  wagons,  and  pack  horses, 
and  send  them  to  the  jjlace  of  aseembling.  The  fires  are  then  put 
out,  and  care  taken  to  avoid  burning  straw,  &c.,  or  giving  to  tjie  ene- 
my any  other  indication  of  the  movement. 

673 The  "march"  will  be  beat  in  the  infantry,  and  the  "ad- 
vance" sounded  in  the  cavalry,  in  succession,  as  each  is  to  take  its 
place  in  the  column, 


88  Marches. 

674 When  the  army  should  form  suddenly  to  meet  the  enemy, 

the  "  hng  rolV  is  beat,  and  "  to  horse''  sounded.  The  troojjs  form  rap- 
idly in  front  of  their  camp. 

675.  . .  .Batteries  of  artillery  and  their  caissons  move  with  the  coips 
to  which  they  are  attached ;  the  field  train  and  ambulances  march  at 
the  rear  of  the  column  ;  and  the  baggage  with  the  rear  guard. 

676.  ..  .Cavalry  and  infantry  do  not  march  together,  unless  the 
proximity  of  the  enemy  makes  it  necessary. 

6 77.... In  cavalry  marches,  when  distant  from  the  enemy,  each 
regiment,  and,  if  possible,  each  squadron,  forms  a  separate  column,  in 
order  to  keep  up  the  same  gait  from  front  to  rear,  and  to  trot,  when 
desirable,  on  good  ground.  In  such  cases,  the  cavalry  may  leave 
camp  later,  and  can  give  more  rest  to  the  horses,  and  more  attention 
to  the  shoeing  and  harness.  Horses  are  not  bridled  until  the  time  to 
start. 

678 ....  When  necessary,  the  orders  specify  the  rations  the  men  are 
to  carry  in  their  haversacks.  The  field  officers  and  Captains  make 
inspections  frequently  during  the  march  ;  at  halts  they  examine  the 
knapsacks,  valises,  and  haversacks,  and  throw  away  all  articles  not 
authorized.  The  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  of  cavaliy 
companies  attend  personally  to  the  packs  and  girths. 

679. . .  .Wlien  it  can  be  avoided,  troops  should  not  be  assembled 
on  high  roads  or  other  places  where  they  interrupt  the  communica- 
tion. 

680 ....  Generals  of  Division  and  commanders  of  detached  corps 
send  a  staff  ofiicer  to  the  rendezvous,  in  advance,  to  receive  the 
troops,  who,  on  amving,  take  their  place  in  the  order  of  battle,  and 
form  in  close  column,  unless  othei-wise  ordered.  Artillery,  or  trains 
halted  on  the  roads,  form  in  file  on  one  side. 

681.... The  execution  of  marching  orders  must  not  be  delayed. 
If  the  commander  is  not  at  the  head  of  his  troops  when  they  are  to 
march,  the  next  in  rank  puts  the  column  in  motion. 

682 If  possible,  each  column  is  preceded  by  a  detachment  of 

sappers,  to  remove  obstacles  to  the  march,  aided,  when  necessar}-,  by 
infantry,  or  the  people  of  the  country.  The  detachment  is  divided 
into  two  sections :  one  stops  to  remove  the  first  obstacle,  the  other 
moves  on  to  the  next. 

683.  . .  .In  night  marches,  and  at  bad  places,  and  at  cross-roads, 
when  necessary,  intelligent  non-commissioned  officers  are  posted  to 
show  the  way,  and  are  relieved  by  the  regiments  as  they  come  up. 

684.  . .  .On  the  march  no  one  shall  fire  a  gun,  or  cry  ^^  halt"  or 
*'  march"  without  orders. 


Marches.  89 

GS5 Soldiers  are  not  to  stop  for  water  ;  the  canteens  should  be 

filled  before  starting. 

686 It  is  better  to  avoid  villages ;  but  if  the  route  lies  through 

them,  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  are  to  be  vigilant  to  pre- 
vent straggling.     Halts  should  not  take  place  at  villages. 

687. . .  .Besides  the  rear  guard,  the  General  sometimes  takes  a  de- 
tachment from  the  last  regiment,  and  adds  to  it  non-commissioned 
officers  from  each  regiment,  to  examine  villages  and  all  hiding-places 
on  the  route,  to  bring  up  stragglers  and  seize  marauders. 

688 In  night  marches,  the  Sergetint-Major  of  each  regiment  re- 
mains at  the  rear  with  a  drummer,  to  give  notice  when  darkness  or 
difficulty  stops  the  march.  In  cavalry,  a  trumpet  is  placed  in  rear  of 
each  squadron,  and  the  signal  repeated  to  the  head  of  the  regiment. 

689 The  General  and  field  officers  frequently  stop,  or  send  offi- 
cers to  the  rear,  to  see  that  the  troops  march  in  the  prescribed  order, 
and  keep  their  distances.  To  quicken  the  march,  the  General  warns 
the  Colonels,  and  may  order  a  signal  to  be  beat.  It  is  repeated  in  all 
the  regiments. 

690 ....  In  approaching  a  defile  the  Colonels  are  warned ;  they 
close  their  regiments  as  they  come  up ;  each  regiment  passes  separate- 
ly, at  an  accelerated  pace,  and  in  as  close  order  as  possible.  The 
leading  regiment  having  passed,  and  left  room  enough  for  the  whole 
column  in  close  order,  then  halts,  and  moves  again  as  soon  as  the  last 
regiment  is  through.  In  the  cavalry,  each  squadron,  before  quicken- 
ing the  pace  to  rejoin  the  column,  takes  its  original  order  of  march. 

691.  ..  .When  the  distance  from  the  enemy  permits,  each  regi- 
ment, after  closing  up  in  front  and  rear  of  the  defile,  stacks  arms. 

692 Halts  to  rest  and  re-form  the  troops  are  frequent  during  the 

day,  depending  on  the  object  and  length  of  the  march.  They  are 
made  in  preference  after  the  passage  of  defiles. 

693 ....  No  honors  are  paid  by  troops  on  the  march  or  at  halts. 

694.  . .  .The  sick  march  with  the  wagons. 

695 . . .  ^ed  horses  of  officers,  and  the  horses  of  dismounted  men, 
follow  their  regiment.  The  baggage  wagons  never  march  in  the  col- 
umn. When  the  General  orders  the  field  train  and  ambulances  to 
take  place  in  the  column,  he  designates  the  position  they  shall 
take. 

696 ....  If  two  corps  meet  on  the  same  road,  they  pass  to  the  right, 
and  both  continue  their  march,  if  the  road  is  wide  enough ;  if  it  is 
not,  the  first  in  the  order  of  battle  takes  the  road,  the  other  halts. 

697 A  corps  in  march  must  not  be  cut  by  another.     If  two 

corps  meet  at  cross-roads,  that  which  arrives  last  halts  if  the  other  is 


90  Battles, 

in  motion.  A  coi-ps  in  march  passes  a  corps  at  a  halt,  if  it  has  prece- 
dence in  the  order  of  battle,  or  if  the  halted  corps  is  not  ready  to 
move  at  once. 

698.... A  column  that  halts  to  let  another  column  pass  resumes 
the  march  in  advance  of  the  train  of  this  column.  If  a  column  has 
to  pass  a  train,  the  train  must  halt,  if  necessary,  till  the  column 
passes.  The  column  Avhich  has  precedence  must  yield  it  if  the  com- 
mander, on  seeing  the  orders  of  the  other,  finds  it  for  the  interest  of 
the  service. 

BATTLES. 

699 ....  Dispositions  for  battle  depend  on  the  number,  kind,  and 
quality  of  the  troops  opposed,  on  the  ground,  and  on  the  objects  of 
the  war ;  but  the  following  rules  are  to  be  observed  generally: 

700.  . .  .In  attacking,  the  advanced  guard  endeavors  to  capture  the 
enemy's  outposts,  or  cut  them  off  from  the  main  body.  Having  done 
so,  or  driven  them  in,  it  occupies,  in  advancing,  all  the  points  that 
can  cover  or  facilitate  the  march  of  the  army,  or  secure  its  retreat, 
such  as  bridges,  defiles,  woods,  and  heights ;  it  then  makes  attacks, 
to  occupy  the  enemy,  without  risking  too  much,  and  to  deceive  them 
as  to  the  march  and  projects  of  the  army. 

701.... When  the  enemy  is  hidden  by  a  curtain  of  advanced 
troops,  the  commandant  of  the  advanced  guard  sends  scouts,  under 
intelligent  officers,  to  the  right  and  left,  to  ascertain  his  position  and 
movements.  If  he  does  not  succeed  in  this  way,  he  tries  to  unmask 
the  enemy  by  demonstrations ;  threatens  to  cut  the  advance  from  the 
main  body;  makes  false  attacks;  partial  and  impetuous  charges  in 
echelon;  and  if  all  fail,  he  makes  a  real  attack  to  accomplish  the 
object. 

702 ....  Detachments  left  by  the  advanced  guard  to  hold  points  in 
the  rear  rejoin  it  when  other  troops  come  up.  If  the  army  takes  a 
position,  and  the  advanced  guard  is  separated  from  it  by  defiles  or 
heights,  the  communication  is  secured  by  troops  drawn  from  the  main 

703.  . .  .At  proper  distance  from  the  enemy,  the  troops  are  formed 
for  the  attack  in  several  lines  ;  if  only  two  can  be  formed,  some  bat- 
talions in  column  are  placed  behind  the  wings  of  the  second  line. 
The  lines  may  be  formed  of  troops  in  column  or  in  order  of  battle, 
according  to  the  ground  and  plan  of  attack. 

704.  .  .The  advanced  guard  may  be  put  in  the  line  or  on  the 
wings,  or  other  position,  to  aid  the  pursuit  or  cover  the  retreat. 

705 The  reserve  is  formed  of  the  best  troops  of  foot  and  horse, 


Battles.  91 

to  complete  a  victory  or  make  good  a  retreat.  It  is  placed  in  the 
rear  of  the  centre,  or  chief  point  of  attack  or  defense. 

706. . .  .The  cavalry  should  be  distributed  in  echelon  on  the  wings 
and  at  the  centre,  on  favorable  gi-ound. 

707 ....  It  should  be  instructed  not  to  take  the  gallop  until  within 
charging  distance  ;  never  to  receive  a  charge  at  a  halt,  but  to  meet  it, 
or,  if  not  strong  enough,  to  retire  manoeuvring;  and  in  order  to  be 
ready  for  the  pursuit,  and  prepared  against  a  reverse,  or  the  attacks 
of  the  reserve,  not  to  engage  all  its  squadrons  at  once,  but  to  reserve 
one  third,  in  column  or  in  echelon,  abreast  of  or  in  the  rear  of  one 
of  the  wings ;  this  arrangement  is  better  than  a  second  line  with  in- 
tervals. 

708 In  the  attack,  the  artillery  is  employed  to  silence  the  bat- 
teries that  protect  the  position.  In  the  defense,  it  is  better  to  direct 
its  fire  on  the  advancing  troops.  In  either  case,  as  many  pieces  are 
united^s  possible,  the  fire  of  artillery  being  formidable  in  proportion 
to  its  concentration. 

709 ....  In  battles  and  military  operations  it  is  better  to  assume  the 
offensive,  and  put  the  enemy  on  the  defensive ;  but  to  be  safe  in  do- 
ing so  requires  a  larger  force  than  the  enemy,  or  better  troops,  and 
favorable  ground.  When  obliged  to  act  op  the  defensive,  the  advant- 
age of  position  and  of  making  the  attack  may  sometimes  be  secured 
by  forming  in  rear  of  the  ground  on  which  we  are  to  fight,  and  ad- 
vancing at  the  moment  of  action.  In  mountain  warfare,  the  assail- 
ant has  always  the  disadvantage;  and  even  in  ofiensive  warfare,  in 
the  open  field,  it  may  frequently  be  very  important,  when  the  artil- 
leiy  is  well  posted,  and  any  advantage  of  ground  may  be  secured,  to 
await  the  enemy  and  compel  him  to  attack. 

710 ....  Tbe  attack  should  be  made  with  a  superior  force  on  the 
decisive  point  of  the  enemy's  position,  by  masking  this  by  false  at- 
tacks and  demonstrations  on  other-  points,  and  by  concealing  the 
troops  intended  for  it  by  the  ground,  or  by  other  troops  in  their  front. 

711. ..  .Besides  the  arrangements  which  depend  on  the  supposed 
plan  of  the  enemy,  the  wings  must  be  protected  by  the  ground,  or 
supported  by  troops  in  echelon ;  if  the  attack  of  the  enemy  is  re- 
pulsed, the  offensive  must  at  once  be  taken,  to  inspire  the  troops,  to 
disconcert  the  enemy,  and  often  to  decide  the  action.  In  thus  taking 
the  offensive,  a  close  column  should  be  pushed  rapidly  on  the  wing 
or  flank  of  the  enemy.  The  divisions  of  this  column  form  in  line  of 
battle  successively,  and  each  division  moves  to  the  front  as  soon  as 
formed,  in  order,  by  a  rapid  attack  in  echelon,  to  prevent  the  enemy 
from  changing  front  or  bringing  up  his  reserves.     In  all  arrange- 


92  Battles. 

ments,  especially  in  those  for  attack,  it  is  most  important  to  conceal 
the  design  until  the  moment  of  execution,  and  then  to  execute  it 
with  the  greatest  rapidity.  The  night,  therefore,  is  preferred  for  the 
movement  of  troops  on  the  flank  or  rear  of  the  enemy,  otherwise  it  is 
necessary  to  mask  their  march  by  a  grand  movement  in  front,  or  by 
taking  a  wide  circuit. 

712. . .  .In  making  an  attack,  the  communications  to  the  rear  and 
for  retreat  must  be  secured,  and  the  General  must  give  beforehand 
all  necessary  orders  to  provide  for  that  event. 

713. . .  .When  a  success  is  gained,  the  light  troops  should  pursue 
the  enemy  promptly  and  rapidly.  The  other  troops  will  restore  order 
in  their  columns,  then  advance  from  position  to  position,  always  pre- 
pared for  an  attack  or  to  support  the  troops  engaged. 

714.  . .  .Before  the  action,  the  Generals  indicate  the  places  where, 
they  wall  be  j  if  they  change  position,  they  give  notice  of  it,  or  leave 
a  staff  officer  to  show  where  they  have  gone.  ^ 

715.  . .  .During  the  fight  the  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers 
keep  the  men  in  the  ranks,  and  enforce  obedience  if  necessary.  Sol- 
diers must  not  be  permitted  to  leave  the  ranks  to  strip  or  rob  the 
dead,  nor  to  assist  the  wounded,  unless  by  express  permission,  which 
is  only  to  be  given  after  th^action  is  decided.  The  highest  interest 
and  duty  is  to  win  the  victory,  which  only  can  insure  proper  care  of 
the  wounded. 

716. . .  .Before  the  action,  the  Quartermaster  of  the  division  makes 
all  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  transportation  of  the  wound- 
ed. He  establishes  the  ambulance  depots  in  the  rear,  and  gives  his 
assistants  the  necessary  instruction  for  the  service  of  the  ambulance 
wagons  and  other  means  of  removing  the  wounded. 

717. . .  .The  ambulance  depot,  to  w^hicli  the  wounded  are  carried  or 
directed  for  immediate  treatment,  is  generally  established  at  the  most 
convenient  building  nearest  the  field  of  battle.  A  redjlag  marks  its 
place,  or  the  way  to  it,  to  the  conductors  of  the  ambulances  and  to 
the  wounded  who  can  walk. 

718 The  active  ambulances  follow  the  troops  engaged  to  succor 

the  wounded  and  remove  them  to  the  depots;  for  this  purpose  the 
conductors  should  always  have  the  necessary  assistants,  that  the  sol- 
diers may  have  no  excuse  to  leave  the  ranks  for  that  object. 

719.... The  medical  director  of  the  division,  after  consultation 
with  the  Quartermaster-General,  distributes  the  medical  officers. and 
hospital  attendants  at  his  disposal,  to  the  depots  and  active  ambu- 
lances. He  will  send  officers  and  attendants,  when  practicable,  to 
the  active  ambulances,  to  relieve  the  wounded  who  require  treatment 


Battles ....  Prisoners  of  War,  93 

before  being  removed  from  the  ground.  He  will  see  that  the  depots 
and  ambulances  are  provided  with  the  necessary  apparatus,  medi- 
cines, and  stores.  He  will  take  post  and  render  his  professional 
services  at  the  principal  depot. 

720.  . .  .If  the  enemy  endanger  the  depot,  the  Quartermaster  takes 
the  orders  of  the  General  to  remove  it  or  to  strengthen  its  guard. 

721. . .  .The  wounded  in  the  depots  and  the  sick  are  removed,  as 
soon  as  possible,  to  the  hospitals  that  have  been  established  by  the 
Quartermaster-General  of  the  army  on  the  flanks  or  rear  of  the  army. 

722.  . .  .After  an  action,  the  officers  of  ordnance  collect  the  muni- 
tions of  war  left  on  the  field,  and  make  a  return  of  them  to  the  Gen- 
eral. The  Quartermaster's  Department  collects  the  rest  of  the  public 
property  captured,  and  makes  the  returns  to  head-quarters. 

723 ....  Written  reports  for  the  General  commanding-in-chief  are 
made  by  commandants  of  regiments,  batteries,  and  separate  squad- 
rons, and  by  all  commanders  of  a  higher  grade,  each  in  what  con- 
cerns his  own  command,  and  to  his  immediate  commander. 

724.  . .  .When  an  officer  or  soldier  deserves  mention  for  conduct  in 
action,  a  special  report  shall  be  made  in  his  case,  and  the  General 
commanding-in-chief  decides  whether  to  mention  him  in  his  report  to 
the  government  and  in  his  orders.  But  he  shall  not  be  mentioned 
in  the  report  until  he  has  been  mentioned  in  the  orders  to  the  army. 
These  special  reports  are  examined  with  care  by  the  intermediate 
commanders,  to  verify  the  facts,  and  secure  commendation  and  re- 
wards to  the  meritorious  only. 

725 ....  The  report  of  battles,  which  must  frequently  be  made  be- 
fore these  special  reports  of  persons  are  scrutinized,  is  confined  to 
general  praise  or  blame,  and  an  account  of  the  operations. 

PRISONERS    OF    WAR. 

726. . .  .Prisoners  of  war  will  be  disarmed  and  sent  to  the  rear,  and 
reported  as  soon  as  practicable  to  the  head-quarters.  The  return  of 
prisoners  from  the  Head-Quarters  of  the  Army  to  the  War  Depart- 
ment will  specify  the  number,  rank,  and  corps. 

727.  . .  .The  private  property  of  prisoners  will  be  duly  respected, 
and  each  shall  be  treated  with  the  regard  due  to  his  rank.  They  are 
to  obey  the  necessary  orders  given  them.  They  receive  for  subsist- 
ence one  ration  each,  without  regard  to  rank ;  and  the  wounded  are 
to  be  treated  with  the  same  care  as  the  wounded  of  the  army.  Oth- 
er allowances  to  them  will  depend  on  conventions  with  the  enemy. 
Prisoners'  horses  will  be  taken  for  the  army. 

728 Exchanges  of  prisoners  and  release  of  officers  on  parole 


94:  Co7ivoys  and  their  Escorts, 

depend  on  the  orders  of  the  General  commanding-in-chief,  under  the 
instructions  of  government. 

CONVOYS   AND   THEIR  ESCORTS. 

729. . .  .The  strength  and  composition  of  the  escort  of  a  convoy  de- 
pend on  the  country,  the  nature  and  value  of  the  convoy,  and  the 
dangers  it  may  incur.  A  larger  escort  is  required  for  a  convoy  of 
powder,  that  the  defense  may  not  be  near  the  train. 

730 ....  Cavalry  is  employed  in  escorts  chiefly  to  reconnoitre ;  the 
proportion  is  larger  as  the  country  is  more  open. 

731.  ..  .Pioneers  or  working  -  parties  are  attached  to  convoys  to 
mend  roads,  remove  obstacles,  and  erect  defenses.  The  convoys 
should  always  be  provided  with  spare  wheels,  poles,  axles,  <fec. 

732.  . .  .The  commandant  of  the  escort  should  receive  detailed  in- 
structions in  writing. 

733 ....  As  far  as  the  defense  permits,  the  commander  of  the  escort 
shall  refer  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  convoy  for  the  hours  of  de- 
parture, the  halts,  the  parking  and  order  of  the  train,  and  the  precau- 
tions against  accidents. 

734 ....  Officers  who  accompany  the  convoy,  but  do  not  belong  to 
the  escort,  shall  exercise  no  authority  in  it  except  by  consent  of  the 
commander.  If  these  officers  are  junior  to  the  commander,  he  may 
assign  them  to  duty  if  the  defense  requires  it. 

735.  . .  .Large  convoys  are  formed  into  divisions,  each  with  a  con- 
ductor. The  distance  between  the  wagons  is  four  paces.  A  small 
party  of  infantry  is  attached  to  each  division. 

736 ....  Generally,  munitions  of  war  are  at  the  head  of  the  convoy, 
subsistence  next,  and  then  other  military  stores  ;  the  sutler  last.  But 
always  that  part  of  the  convoy  which  is  most  important  to  the  army 
shall  be  where  it  is  most  secure  from  danger. 

737.... The  commandant  should  send  out  reconnoitring  parties, 
and  never  put  the  convoy  in  motion  until  their  reports  have  been 
received.  He  always  forms  an  advance  and  rear  guard,  and  keeps 
the  main  body  under  his  immediate  order  at  the  most  important 
point,  with  small  guards  or  posts  at  other  points. 

738.  . .  .In  an  open  country  the  main  body  marches  by  the  side  of 
the  road,  opposite  the  centre  of  the  convoy  ;  in  other  cases  at  the 
head  or  rear  of  the  column,  as  the  one  or  the  other  is  more  exposed. 

739 ....  The  advance  guard  precedes  the  convoy  far  enough  to  re> 
move  all  obstacles  to  its  advance.  It  examines  the  woods,  defiles, 
and  villages,  and  by  mounted  men  gives  information  to  the  command, 
er,  and  receives  his  orders.    It  reconnoitres  places  for  halts  and  parks. 


Convoys  and  their.  Escorts,  95 

740 If  the  head  of  the   column  is  threatened,  the  advanced 

guard  seizes  the  defiles  and  places  which  the  enemy  might  occupy, 
and  holds  them  until  the  main  body  advances  to  the  front  and  re- 
lieves it ;  the  main  body  holds  the  positions  until  the  head  of  the  con- 
voy arrives,  and  then  leaves  detachments  which  are  relieved  by  the 
parties  marching  with  the  divisions ;  the  posts  are  not  abandoned  until 
the  whole  con\oy  has  passed  and  the  position  is  no  longer  important. 

741 . . .  .When  the  rear  is  threatened,  like  measures  are  taken ;  the 
rear  guard  defends  the  ground  and  retards  the  enemy  by  breaking  the 
bridges  and  blocking  the  road. 

742.  . .  .If  the  flanks  are  threatened,  and  the  ground  is  broken,  and 
many  defiles  are  to  be  passed,  the  defense  of  the  convoy  becomes  more 
ditficult;  the  advance  and  rear  guards  must  be  reduced,  the  flanks 
strengthened,  and  positions  which  will  cover  the  march  of  the  convoy 
must  be  occupied  by  the  main  body  of  the  troops  before  the  head  of 
the  convoy  reaches  them,  and  until  it  has  passed. 

743 ....  If  the  convoy  is  large,  and  has  to  pass  places  that  the  force 
and  position  of  the  enemy  make  dangerous,  the  loss  of  the  whole  con- 
voy must  not  be  risked ;  it  must  pass  by  divisions,  which  reunite  after 
the  passage.  In  this  case  the  greater  part  of  the  troops  guard  the 
first  division;  they  seize  the  important  points,  and  cover  them  with 
light  troops,  or,  if  necessary,  with  small  posts,  and  hold  them  until  all 
the  divisions  have  passed. 

744 ....  If  there  is  artillery  in  the  convoy,  the  commander  of  the  es- 
cort uses  it  for  the  defense. 

745 ....  To  move  faster  and  make  the  defense  easier,  the  wagons 
move  in  double  file  whenever  the  road  allows  it.  If  a  wagon  breaks, 
it  is  at  once  removed  from  the  road  ;  when  repaired,  it  takes  the 
rear ;  when  it  can  not  be  repaired,  its  load  and  horses  are  distributed 
to  some  of  the  other  wagons  kept  in  the  rear  for  that  purpose. 

746 Convoys  by  water  are   escorted  on  the  same  principles. 

Each  boat  has  a  small  infantry  guard ;  one  portion  of  the  escort  pre- 
cedes or  follows  the  convoy  in  boats.  The  cavalry  march  opposite  the 
convoy ;  the  advance  and  rear  guard  move  by  land,  and  all  are  con- 
nected by  flankers  with  the  convoy.  Where  a  river  runs  through  a 
narrow  valley,  the  body  of  the  infantry  moves  by  land  to  prevent  the 
enemy  from  occupying  the  heights  and  disturbing  the  convoy. 

747. . .  .Convoys  halt  every  hour  to  let  the  horses  take  breath  and 
the  wagons  close  up.  Long  halts  are  made  but  seldom,  and  only  in 
places  that  have  been  reconnoitred  and  found  favorable  for  defense. 
At  night  the  park  is  arranged  for  defense,  and  in  preference  at  a  dis- 
tance from  inhabited  places,  if  in  an  enemy's  country. 


9Q  Bag  (/age  Trains. 

748.  . .  .The  wagons  are  usually  paiked  in  ranks,  axle  against  axle, 
the  poles  in  the  same  direction,  and  with  sufficient  space  between  the 
ranks  for  the  horses.  If  an  attack  is  feared,  they  are  parked  in  square, 
the  hind  wheels  outside,  and  the  horses  inside. 

749.  . .  .On  the  appearance  of  the  enemy  during  the  march,  the 
commander  closes  up  the  wagons  and  continues  his  march  in  order; 
he  avoids  fighting ;  but  if  the  enemy  seizes  a  position  that  commands 
his  road,  he  attacks  vigorously  with  the  mass  of  his  force,  but  is  not  to 
continue  the  pursuit  far  from  the  convoy.  The  convoy  halts,  and  re- 
sumes the  march  when  the  position  is  earned. 

750 ....  When  the  enemy  is  too  strong  to  be  attacked,  the  convoy 
is  parked  in  square  if  there  is  room  ;  if  not,  closed  up  in  double  file ; 
at  the  front  and  rear  the  road  is  blocked  by  wagons  across  it.  Thei 
drivers  are  dismounted  at  the  heads  of  the  horses.  They  are  not  per- 
mitted to  make  their  escape.  The  light  troops  keep  the  enemy  at  a 
distance  as  long  as  possible,  and  are  supported  when  necessary,  but  pru- 
dently, as  the  troops  must  be  kept  in  hand  to  resist  the  main  attack. 

751 If  a  wagon  takes  fire  in  the  park,  remove  it  if  possible ;  if 

not,  remove  first  the  ammunition  wagons,  then  those  to  leeward  of 
the  fire. 

752 AYhen  a  whole  convoy  can  not  be  saved,  the  most  valuable 

part  may  sometimes  be  by  abandoning  the  rest.  If  all  efforts  fail,  and 
there  is  no  hope  of  succor,  the  convoy  must  be  set  on  fire  and  the 
horses  killed  that  can  not  be  saved ;  the  escort  may  then  cut  its  way 
through. 

753 ....  If  the  convoy  is  of  prisoners  of  war,  every  effort  should  be 
made  to  reach  a  village  or  strong  building  where  they  may  be  con- 
fined ;  if  forced  to  fight  in  the  field,  the  prisoners  must  be  secm'ed  and 
made  to  lie  down  until  the  action  is  over. 

BAGGAGE   TRAINS. 

754 The  baggage  train  of  general  head-quarters  and  the  trains 

of  the  several  divisions  are  each  under  the  charge  of  an  officer  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Department.  These  officers  command  and  conduct 
the  trains  under  the  orders  they  receive  from  their  respective  head- 
quarters. When  the  trains  of  different  divisions  march  together,  or 
the  train  of  a  division  marches  with  the  train  of  general  head-quar- 
ters, the  senior  Quartermaster  directs  the  whole. 

755 The  Regimental  Quartermaster  has  charge  of  the  wagons, 

horses,  equipments,  and  all  means  of  transport  employed  in  the  serv- 
ice of  the  regiment.  Under  the  orders  of  the  Colonel,  he  assembles 
them  for  the  march,  and  maintains  the  order  and  police  of  the  train 


Baggage  Trains.  97 

in  park  and  on  the  march.  On  marches,  the  regimental  trains  arc 
under  the  orders  of  the  Quartermaster  of  the  division.  When  the 
march  is  by  brigade,  the  senior  Regimental  Quartermaster  in  the  brig- 
ade, or  the  Quartermaster  of  the  brigade,  has  the  direction  of  the 
whole.  The  necessary  wagon-masters,  or  non-commissioned  officers 
to  act  as  such,  arc  employed  with  the  several  trains. 

756. . .  .None  but  the  authorized  wagons  are  allowed  to  march  with 
the  train.  The  wagons  of  the  several  head-quarters,  the  regimental 
wagons,  and  the  wagons  of  sutlers  authorized  by  orders  from  head- 
quarters to  march  with  the  train,  are  all  to  be  conspicuously  marked. 

757. . .  .When  the  train  of  head-quarters  is  to  have  a  guard,  the 
strength  of  the  guard  is  regulated  by  the  General.  Generals  of  Brig- 
ade guard  their  trains  by  the  men  attached  to  tMI  train  of  the  first 
regiment  of  their  brigades.  The  regimental  trains  are  loaded,  un- 
loaded, and  guarded,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  convalescents  and  men 
not  effective  in  the  ranks ;  in  the  cavalry,  by  dismounted  men.  When 
the  guard  of  a  train  is  the  escort  for  its  defense,  the  regulations  in 
regard  to  convoys  and  escorts  take  effect. 

758.  . .  .Habitually  each  division  is  followed  by  its  train,  the  reg- 
imental trains  uniting  at  the  brigade  rendezvous.  When  otherwise,  the 
order  for  the  movement  of  the  divisions,  brigades,  and  regiments  con- 
tains the  necessary  directions  in  regard  to  the  assembling  and  march- 
ing of  the  respective  trains.  The  several  trains  march  in  an  order 
analogous  to  the  rank  of  the  generals,  and  the  order  of  battle  of  the 
troops  to  which  they  belong.  Trains  are  not  allowed  in  any  case  to 
be  in  the  midst  of  the  troops,  or  to  impede  the  march  of  the  troops. 

759.  . .  .The  wagon-masters,  under  the  orders  of  the  officers  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  exercise  the  necessary  restraints  over 
the  teamsters  and  servants  who  leave  their  teams,  or  do  not  properly 
conduct  them ;  or  who  ill-treat  their  horses,  or  who  attempt  to  pillage, 
or  run  away  in  case  of  attack. 

760 The  General  commanding  the  army  and  the  Generals  of 

Division  will  not  permit  any  general  or  staff  officer,  or  regiment  under 
their  orders,  or  any  person  whatsoever,  attached  to  their  command,  to 
have  more  than  the  authorized  amount  or  means  of  transportation. 
For  this  purpose  they  will  themselves  make,  and  cause  to  be  made, 
frequent  reviews  and  inspections  of  the  trains.  They  will  see  that  no 
trooper  is  employed  to  lead  a  private  horse,  no  soldier  to  drive  a  pri- 
vate vehicle,  and  that  no  trooper  is  put  on  foot  to  lend  his  horse  to  an 
officer.  They  will  not  permit  the  wagons  of  the  artillery  or  of  the  train 
to  be  loaded  with  any  thing  foreign  to  their  proper  service,  nor  any 
public  horse,  for  any  occasion,  to  be  harnessed  to  a  private  carriage. 

E 


98  General  Police, 

761. . .  .The  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  the  wag- 
on-masters, and  all  conductors  of  trains,  are  charged  with  watching 
that  the  regulations  respecting  transportation  allowances  are  strictly- 
observed. 

GENERAL   POLICE. 

762. . .  .When  necessary,  the  General  in  chief  or  General  of  Divis- 
ion may  appoint  a  provost  marshal  to  take  charge  of  prisoners,  with  a 
suitable  guard,  or  other  police  force. 

763 ....  Private  servants,  not  soldiers,  will  not  be  allowed  to  wear 
the  uniform  of  any  corps  of  the  army,  but  each  will  be  required  to 
carry  with  him  a  certificate  from  the  officer  who  employs  him,  veri- 
fied, for  regimenml  officers,  by  the  signature  of  the  Colonel ;  for 
other  officers  under  the  rank  of  Colonel,  by  the  chief  of  their  corps  or 
department. 

764.  . .  .Laundresses  permitted  to  follow  the  army  will  be  furnished 
with  certificates,  signed  as  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  and  no  woman 
of  bad  character  will  be  allowed  to  follow  the  army.  Other  persons 
with  the  army,  not  officers  or  soldiers,  such  as  guides  of  the  country, 
interpreters,  «S:c.,  will  carry  about  them  similar  certificates  from  the 
head-quarters  that  employs  them. 

765. . .  .Deserters  from  the  enemy,  after  being  examined,  will  be 
secured  for  some  days,  as  they  may  be  spies  in  disguise ;  as  opportu- 
nities ofi'er,  they  will  be  sent  to  the  rear ;  after  which,  if  they  are 
found  lurking  about  the  army,  or  attempting  to  return  to  the  enemy, 
they  will  be  treated  with  severity. 

766 ....  The  anns  and  accoutrements  of  deserters  will  be  turned 
over  to  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  their  horses  to  the  corps  in 
want  of  them,  after  being  branded  with  the  letters  *'U.  S."  The 
compensation  to  be  accorded  to  deserters,  for  such  objects,  will  be  ac- 
cording to  appraisement,  made  under  the  direction  of  the  Quarter- 
master's Department.  The  enlistment  of  deserters,  without  express 
permission  from  general  head-quarters,  is  prohibited. 

767. . .  .It  is  forbidden  to  purchase  horses  without  ascertaining  the 
right  of  the  party  to  sell.  Stolen  horses  shall  be  restored.  Estrays, 
in  the  enemy's  country,  when  the  owner  is  not  discovered,  are  taken 
for  the  army. 

768. . .  .Plundering  and  marauding,  at  all  times  disgraceful  to  sol- 
diers, when  committed  on  the  persons  or  property  of  those  whom  it  is 
the  duty  of  the  army  to  protect,  become  crimes  of  such  enormity  as  to 
admit  of  no  remission  of  the  awful  punishment  which  the  military 
law  awards  against  oflfenses  of  this  nature. 


Saj'eyuards .  .  .    JSieyes,  99 

SAFEGUARDS. 

769 ....  Safeguards  are  protections  granted  to  persons  or  property 
in  foreign  parts  by  the  commanding  general,  or  by  other  commanders 
within  the  limits  of  their  command. 

770 ....  Safeguards  are  usually  given  to  protect  hospitals,  public 
establishments,  establishments  of  religion,  charity,  or  instruction, 
museums,  depositories  of  the  arts,  mills,  post-offices,  and  other  insti- 
tutions of  public  benefit ;  also  to  individuals  whom  it  may  be  the  in- 
terest of  the  army  to  respect. 

771.  . .  .A  safeguard  may  consist  of  one  or  more  men  of  fidelity 
and  firmness,  generally  non-effective  non-commissioned  ofiicers,  fur- 
nished with  a  paper  setting  out  clearly  the  protection  and  exemptions 
it  is  intended  to  secure,  signed  by  the  commander  giving  it,  and  his 
staff  officer ;  or  it  may  consist  of  such  paper,  delivered  to  the  party 
whose  person,  family,  house,  and  property  it  is  designed  to  protect. 
These  safeguards  must  be  numbered  and  registered. 

772.  . .  .The  men  left  as  safeguards  by  one  corps  may  be  replaced 
by  another.  They  are  withdrawn  when  the  country  is  evacuated; 
but  if  not,  they  have  orders  to  await  the  arrival  of  the  enemy's  troops, 
and  apply  to  the  commander  for  a  safe-conduct  to  the  outposts. 

773 Form  of  a  safeguard  : 

By  authority  of , 

A  safeguard  is  hereby  granted  to  [A.  B ,  or  the  house  and 

family  of  A.  B ,  or  to  the  college,  mills,  or  property ;  stating 

precisely  the  place,  nature,  and  description  of  the  person,  property, 
or  buildings].  All  officers  and  soldiers  belonging  to  the  army  of  the 
United  States  are  therefore  commanded  to  respect  this  safeguard, 
and  to  afford,  if  necessary,  protection  to  [the  person,  family,  or  prop- 
erty of ,  as  the  case  may  be]. 

•  Given  at  Head-quarters,  the  —  day  of . 

A.  B ,  Major-General  commanding-in-chief. 

By  command  of  the  General. 
0.  D ,  Adjutant-General. 

55^  Article  of  the  Rules  and  Articles  of  War. 
"Whosoever  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States,  employ- 
ed in  foreign  parts,  shall  force  a  safeguard,  shall  suffer  death." 

SIEGES.  H 

774. . .  .In  the  following  regulations  the  besieging  force  is  supposed 
to  be  two  divisions  of  infantry  and  a  brigade  of  cavalry.  The  same 
principles  govern  in  other  cases. 


100  Sieges, 

775. , .  .The  Brigadier-Generals  of  infantry  serve,  in  turn,  as  Gen- 
erals of  the  trenches  ,  one  or  more  of  them  are  detailed  daily,  accord- 
ing to  the  front  and  number  of  attacks ;  they  superintend  the  opera- 
tions, and  dispose  the  guards  of  the  trenches  to  repulse  sorties  and 
protect  the  works.  Officers  of  the  general  staff  are  assigned  to  them 
to  transmit  their  orders  and  attend  to  the  details  of  service. 

776.  . .  .The  Colonels  and  Lieutenant-Colonels  of  infantry  alternate 
for  duty  in  the  trenches  ;  one  or  more  are  detailed  daily  ;  they  super- 
intend the  service  of  the  guards  and  workmen  in  the  part  of  the 
work  to  which  the  General  of  the  trenches  assigns  them,  being  post- 
ed with  troops  of  their  own  regiments  in  preference.  The  command- 
ant of  the  siege  may  place  the  Colonels  on  the  roster  with  the  Briga- 
dier-Generals. 

777.... The  commandants  of  engineers  and  artillery  accompany 
the  first  troops  before  the  place  to  examine  the  works  and  the  ap- 
proaches. When  the  engineers  have  completed  the  reconnaisance  of 
the  works,  and  of  each  front  as  far  as  practicable,  the  commandant 
of  engineers  makes  a  plan  of  the  works  as  exact  and  detailed  as  pos- 
sible, and  under  the  instructions  of  the  General  commanding  the 
siege,  draws  up  the  general  plan  of  the  siege,  and  discusses  it  with 
the  commandant  of  artillery  in  regard  to  the  best  employment  of  that 
arm.  These  officers  then  submit  their  joint  or  separate  opinions  to 
the  General,  who  decides  on  the  j^lan  of  the  siege,  and  gives  the  or- 
ders for  the  execution.  The  commandant  of  engineers  directs  the 
construction  of  all  the  works  of  siege,  under  the  authority  of  the  Gen- 
eral, and  lays  before  him  every  day  a  report  of  his  operations,  and  a 
plan  showing  the  progress  of  the  attack.  The  commandant  of  artil- 
lery also  makes  daily  reports  to  the  General  of  all  that  relates  to  his 
branch  of  the  service. 

778 ....  The  Quartermaster-General  establishes  the  hospitals,  and 
organizes  the  means  for  transporting  the  wounded  to  them. 

779 ....  The  commanding  General  appoints  a  field  officer  of  the 
trenches,  who  is  aided  by  one  or  two  Captains  or  Lieutenants. 

780 ....  The  field  officer  of  the  trenches  is  charged  with  all  the 
details  relative  to  the  assembling  of  the  guards  and  the  workmen. 
He  distributes  the  guards  on  the  different  points  of  the  attack  agree- 
ably to  the  orders  of  the  General  of  the  trenches,  and  forms  the  de- 
tachments of  workmen  for  the  engineers  and  artillery ;  that  he  may 
be  prepared  for  this  distribution,  he  receives  every  day  from  the  Ad- 
jutant-Qftneral  a  statement  of  the  details  for  the  next  day. 

781.  . .  .On  the  arrival  of  the  General  of  the  trenches,  the  field  offi- 
cer of  the  trenches  gives  him  all  the  information  necessary  to  enable 


Sieges,  101 

him  to  station  the  troops,  attends  him  in  his  visit  to  the  trenches  and 
takes  his  orders  on  the  changes  to  be  made  in  the  position  of  the 
troops.  The  execution  is  intrusted  to  the  commandants  of  the 
troops. 

782 The  field  officer  of  the  trenches  sees  that  men  and  litters 

are  always  ready  to  bring  off  the  wounded.  One  or  more  companies 
of  the  guards  of  the  trenches  are  pat  under  his  immediate  orders  for 
the  preservation  of  oi*der  and  police  in  the  trenches. 

783.... The  divisions,  brigades,  regiments,  and  battalions  are  en- 
camped during  the  siege  in  the  order  of  battle.  The  service  of  camp 
is  conducted  as  heretofore  prescribed. 

784.  . .  .The  infantry  has  two  kinds  of  siege  service — the  guard  of 
the  trenches  and  the  work  of  the  trenches. 

785  . .  .The  guards  of  the  trenches  mount  every  day  by  battalions, 
in  such  order  of  detail  that  all  the  troops  may  take  an  equal  share, 
and  no  part  of  the  line  be  left  too  weak.  If  only  one  battalion  is  re- 
quired, each  division  furnishes  it  alternately  ;  if  two  are  required, 
each  division  gives  one  ;  if  three,  one  division  furnishes  two,  the  other 
one,  alternately.  The  two  battalions  of  the  same  division  are  not 
taken  from  the  same  brigade. 

786.  . .  .The  detail  for  work  of  the  trenches  is  by  company,  from  all 
the  regiments  at  one  time,  or  in  turn,  and  continues  generally  twelve 
hours.  The  detail  from  any  regiment  should  never  be  less  than  a 
company.  If  only  half  a  company  would  be  needed  from  all  the  regi- 
ments at  a  time,  every  other  regiment  furnishes  a  full  company  al- 
ternately. 

787 The  battalions  for  guard  are  detailed  at  least  twelve  hours 

in  advance ;  they  furnish  no  other  details  during  this  tour.  If  the 
whole  regiment  is  called  out,  it  leaves  a  sufficient  police  guard  in 
camp. 

788 Twenty-four  hours,  or  twelve   at  least,  before  mounting 

guard  in  the  trenches,  the  battalions  detailed  for  guard  do  not  furnish 
workmen  ,•  and  the  companies  of  these  battalions  whose  tour  it  would 
have  been  to  work  in  the  trenches,  do  not  go  there  for  twenty-four 
hours  after  guard,  if  possible,  or  at  the  least  twelve. 

789.  . .  .The  workmen  who  are  required  for  other  work  than  that  of 
the  trenches  are  taken  from  the  roster  for  fatigue  from  the  battalions 
and  companies  not  employed  in  the  trenches. 

790 The  battalions  first  for  detail  for  guard  of  the  trenches,  and 

the  companies  first  for  detail  for  wt)rk  in  the  trenches,  furnish  no 
other  details,  and  are  held  on  picket,  ready  to  march  at  the  call  of 
the  field  officer  of  the  trenches. 


102  Sieges. 

791 Materials  for  the  siege,  such  as  fascines,  gabions,  hurdles, 

pickets,  (fcc,  are  furnished  bj  the  different  corps,  in  the  proportion  or- 
dered by  the  General. 

792 ....  Guards  and  workmen  going  to  the  trenches  march  without 
beat  of  drum  or  music. 

793 ....  At  all  times,  and  especially  on  the  day  the  trenches  are 
opened,  every  thing  is  avoided  likely  to  attract  the  attention  of  the 
enemy.  With  this  view  the  General  may  vary  the  hour  of  relieving 
guards. 

794. . .  .The  chiefs  of  engineers  and  artillery  make  requisitions  for 
workmen  in  advance,  that  the  details  may  be  made  in  time  to  prevent 
any  delay  in  the  work.  They  should  exceed  the  number  strictly 
required,  that  there  may  be  a  reseiwe  for  unforeseen  wants.  If  this 
reserve  is  found  insufficient,  the  General  directs  the  field  officer  of 
the  tienches  to  call  on  the  picket. 

795 ....  Before  the  guards  and  workmen  march,  the  field  officer  of 
the  trenches  arranges  them  so  that  each  detachment  can  reach  its 
ground  without  confusion.  The  troops  are  posted  in  the  trenches  ac- 
cording to  the  position  of  their  regiments  in  the  order  of  battle,  and, 
as  far  as  possible,  the  companies  of  workmen  in  like  order.  The  re- 
serves of  workmen  are  placed  at  the  depot  of  the  trenches,  or  the 
nearest  suitable  place  to  the  works. 

796 The  workmen  leave  their  knapsacks  and  swords  in  camp, 

and  march  with  their  firearms  and  cartridge-boxes,  which  they  place 
near  them  while  at  work.  They  always  carry  their  overcoats,  to  cover 
them  in  resting  or  when  wounded. 

79 7.... The  guards  always  enter  the  trenches  with  arms  trailed, 
and  the  workmen  also,  unless  they  carry  materials  or  tools,  when  the 
arms  are  in  the  sling. 

798.  . .  .The  guards  and  detachments  of  workmen  send  a  Corporal 
to  the  openings  of  the  trenches  to  guide  the  relief.  They  march  out 
of  the  trenches  by  the  flank,  with  trailed  arms. 

799 Sand-bags,  forming  loop-holes,  are  placed  at  intervals  on 

the  parapet  to  cover  the  sentinels ;  they  are  more  numerous  than 
the  sentinels,  so  that  the  enemy  may  not  know  where  the  sentinels 
are  placed. 

800,  . .  .When  detachments  are  placed  at  night  in  advance  of  the 
trenches,  to  cover  the  workmen,  the  men  sit  or  lie  down,  with  their 
firearms  in  their  hands,  to  hide  themselves  better  from  the  enemy ; 
the  sentinels  put  their  ears  to  the  ground  frequently,  that  they  may 
hear  troops  coming  out  of  the  place.  To  prevent  mistakes,  the  work- 
men are  told  what  troops  cover  them. 


Sieges.  .  103 

801 No  honors  are  paid  in  the  trenches.     When  the  General, 

commanding  the  siege  visits  them,  the  guards  place  themselves  in 
rear  of  the  banquette,  and  rest  on  their  arms.  The  colors  are  never 
carried  to  the  trenches  unless  the  whole  regiment  marches  to,  repulse 
a  sortie  or  make  an  assault.  Even  in  this  case  they  are  not  displayed 
until  the  General  commanding  the  siege  gives  a  formal  order. 

802 The  materials  of  the  siege  of  all  kinds,  together  v^^ith  the 

tools,  are  collected  in  part  at  the  depots  of  the  trenches,  and  in  part 
at  the  openings  of  the  trenches,  or  in  such  other  place  as  has  been  ap- 
pointed for  the  convenience  of  the  service  by  the  field  officer  of  the 
trenches,  on  the  advice  of  the  chiefs  of  artillery  and  engineers.  They 
are  in  charge  of  officers  of  engineers  and  of  artillery,  with  guards  or 
non-commissioned  officers  of  both  corps.  But  if  these  corps  can  not 
furnish  them,  the  chiefs  apply  for  assistance  from  the  infantry. 

803 ....  The  workmen,  in  going  to  the  trenches,  carry  such  tools 
and  materials  as  are  required  by  the  artillery  and  engineers.  In 
this  case,  the  field  officer  of  the  trenches  has  notice  and  superin- 
tends it. 

804 The  soldiers  sent  to  the  trenches  go  with  their  cartridge- 
boxes  filled.  Cartridges,  when  needed,  are  sent  to  the  trenches  on 
the  requisition  of  commanders  of  battalions,  approved  by  the  General 
of  the  trenches. 

805 ....  In  the  case  of  a  sortie,  the  guards  move  rapidly  to  the 
places  that  have  been  designated  by  the  General  of  the  trenches,  and 
which  aiFord  the  best  defense  for  the  head  of  the  works,  the  batteries, 
the  communications,  or  the  flanks,  or  best  enable  them  to  take  the 
sortie  itself  in  flank  or  reverse.  Having  lined  the  banquette  to  fire  on 
the  enemy,  the  troops  form  on  the  reverse  of  the  trench  to  receive 
him.  The  workmen  take  arms,  retain  their  positions,  or  retire  with 
their  tools,  as  ordered.  The  officers  commanding  the  detachments 
of  workmen  see  that  their  movements  are  made  promptly  and  in 
good  order,  so  as  to  avoid  all  confusion  in  the  communications. 

806 ....  The  troops  that  advance  beyond  the  trenches  to  repulse 
the  sortie  must  not  follow  in  pursuit.  The  General  takes  care  that 
they  return  to  the  trenches  before  the  retreat  of  the  sortie  allows  tlie 
artillery  of  the  place  to  open  on  them.  When  the  workmen  return, 
the  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  of  the  detachments  call 
the  roll  without  interrupting  the  work,  which  is  immediately  re- 
sumed. 

807.  . .  .Wlien  it  is  necessary  to  dismount  cavalry  and  send  them  to 
the  trenches,  they  should  be  employed  as  near  their  camp  as  possible, 
and  posted  between  the  detachments  of  infantry. 


104  •  Sieges. 

808 ....  Men  belonging  to  the  cavalry  may,  in  assaults,  be  employed 
in  carrying  fascines  and  other  materials  to  fill  ditches  and  make 
passages. 

809.  .^  .The  general  officers  of  cavalry  are  more  particularly  em- 
ployed in  the  sendee  of  posts  and  detachments  placed  in  observation 
to  protect  the  siege.  They  and  the  field  officers  of  this  arm  are  em- 
ployed in  the  command  of  escorts  to  convoys,  of  whatever  arms  the 
escorts  may  be  composed.  When  these  duties  are  not  sufficient  to 
employ  them,  they  take  their  share  of  the  duty  of  the  trenches. 

810.... The  officers  of  engineers  and  artillery  of  the  trenches 
make  to  the  General  of  the  trenches  a  return  of  all  losses  in  their 
troops,  and  such  other  reports  on  the  work  as  he  requires,  in  addition 
to  the  reports  direct  to  their  respective  chiefs  on  the  details  of  the 
service. 

811 At  the  end  of  each  tour,  the  field  officer  of  the  trenches 

draws  up  a  report  for  the  twenty-four  hours  to  the  general  of  the 
trenches.  The  General  of  the  trenches  reports  to  the  General  com- 
manding the  siege. 

812 The  commanders  of  the  several  corj^s  in  the  trenches  re- 
port, when  relieved,  to  their  respective  head-quarters  the  losses  dur- 
ing the  tour,  and  the  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men. 

813. ..  .However  practicable  the  breach  may  appear,  or  however 
ruined  the  works  in  rear  of  it,  the  heads  of  columns  must  always  be 
supplied  with  ladders  to  get  over  unexpected  obstacles. 

814. . .  .The  General  commanding  the  siege  designates  picked  com- 
panies to  protect  property  and  persons,  and  prevent  pillage  and  vio- 
lence, from  the  moment  the  place  is  carried.  The  officers  exert 
themselves  to  restrain  the  men. 

815.  . .  .The  General  designates  the  places  requiring  particular  pro- 
tection, such  as  churches,  asylums,  hospitals,  colleges,  schools,  and 
magazines.  The  order  for  their  protection  should  remind  the  sol- 
diers, at  the  time,  of  the  penalty  of  disobeying  it. 

816.  . .  .Whether  the  place  be  taken  by  assault  or  by  capitulation, 
the  provisions  and  military  stores,  and  the  public  funds,  are  reserved 
for  the  use  of  the  army. 

817 Tlie  commander  of  engineers  will  keep  a  journal  of  the 

siege,  showing  the  operations  of  each  day  in  detail,  the  force  em- 
ployed on  the  work,  the  kind  and  quantity  of  materials  used  in  them, 
&c.  He  will  also  mark  on  a  plan  of  the  ground  the  daily  progress 
of  the  works,  and  make  the  necessaiy  drawings  explanatory  of  their 
construction. 

818 The  commander  of  the  artillery  will  keep  a  daily  journal 


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Defense  of  Fortified  Places.  105 

of  the  operations  under  his  direction,  showing — the  number  and  kind 
of  pieces  in  battery,  the  force  employed  in  serving  them,  the  kind  and 
quantity  of  ammunition  expended,  the  number  of  rounds  fired  from 
each  piecfe  of  ordnance,  the  effect  of  the  fire,  and  all  other  partic- 
tllars  relative  to  his  branch  of  the  service. 

819. . .  .These  journals  and  drawings  will  be  sent,  after  the  siege, 
with  the  report  of  the  General,  to  the  War  Department. 

DEFENSE   OF   FORTIFIED   PLACES. 

820.  . .  .In  war,  every  commander  of  a  fortified  place  shall  always 
hold  himself  prepared  with  his  plan  of  defense,  as  if  at  any  time 
liable  to  attack.  lie  arranges  this  i)lan  according  to  the  probable 
mode  of  attack ;  determines  the  posts  of  the  troops  in  the  several 
parts  of  the  works,  the  reliefs,  the  reserves,  and  the  details  of  service 
in  all  the  corps.  He  draws  up  instructions  for  a  case  of  attack,  and 
exercises  the  garrison  according  to  his  plan  of  defense.  In  sea-coast 
works,  he  provides  the  instructions  for  the  dilferent  batteries  on  the 
approach  of  ships. 

821. . .  .In  framing  his  plan,  he  studies  the  works  and  the  exterior 
within  the  radius  of  attack  and  investment,  the  strength  of  the  gar- 
rison, the  artillery,  the  munitions  of  war,  subsistence  and  supplies  of 
all  kinds,  and  takes  immediate  measures  to  i)rocure  whatever  is  de- 
ficient of  troops  or  supplies,  either  by  requisition  on  the  government 
or  from  the  means  put  at  his  disposal. 

822 ....  On  the  approach  of  an  enemy,  he  removes  all  houses  and 
other  objects,  within  or  without  the  place,  that  cover  the  approaches, 
or  interrupt  the  fire  of  the  guns  or  the  movements  of  the  troops.  He 
assures  himself  personally  that  all  posterns,  outlets,  embrazures,  &c., 
are  in  proper  state  of  security. 

823.  . .  .He  shall  be  furnished  by  the  Department  of  War  with  a 
plan  of  the  works,  showing  all  the  details  of  the  fortifications  and  of 
the  exterior  within  the  radius  of  attack ;  with  a  map  of  the  environs 
within  the  radius  of  investment ;  with  a  map  of  the  vicinity,  including 
the  neighboring  works,  roads,  water-channels,  coasts,  &c. ;  with  a  me- 
moir explaining  the  situation  and  defense  of  the  place,  and  the  rela- 
tions and  bearings  of  the  several  works  on  each  other,  and  on  the  ap- 
proaches by  land  and  water — all  which  he  carefully  preserves,  and 
communicates  only  to  the  council  of  defense. 

824 He  consults  his  next  in  rank,  and  the  senior  officer  of  the 

engineers  and  of  the  artillery,  either  separately  or  as  a  council  of  de- 
fense. In  the  latter  case  he  designates  an  officer  to  act  as  secretary 
to  the  council,  and  to  record  their  proceedings  and  their  joint  ox  sep- 

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106  Defense  of  Fortified  Places, 

arate  opinions,  which  are  to  be  kept  secret  daring  the  siege.  The 
members  may  record  their  opinions  under  their  own  signature.  In  all 
cases,  the  commander  decides  on  his  own  responsibility. 

825.  . .  .The  commander  of  the  place,  and  the  chiefs  of  (5ngineers 
and  of  artillery,  shall  keep  journals  of  the  defense,  in  which  shall  be 
entered,  in  order  of  date,  without  blank  or  interlineation,  the  orders 
giren  or  received,  the  manner  in  which  they  are  executed,  their  re- 
sults, and  every  event  and  circumstance  of  importance  in  the  progress 
of  the  defense.  These  journals  and  the  proceedings  of  the  council  of 
defense  shall  be  sent  after  the  siege  to  the  Department' of  War. 

826 ....  There  shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  commandant  of  the 
place,  to  be  sent  after  the  siege  to  the  Department  of  AVar,  a  map  of 
the  environs,  a  plan  of  the  fortifications,  and  a  special  plan  of  the 
front  of  attack,  on  which  the  chief  engineer  will  trace,  in  succession, 
the  positions  occupied,  and  the  works  executed  by  the  enemy  from 
the  investment;  and  also  the  works  of  counter  approach  or  defense, 
and  the  successive  positions  of  the  artillery  and  other  troops  of  the 
garrison  during  the  progress  of  the  siege. 

827 The  commander  shall  defend  in  succession  the  advanced 

works,  the  covered  way  and  outworks,  the  body  of  the  work,  and  the 
interior  intrenchments.  He  will  not  be  content  with  clearing  away 
the  foot  of  the  breaches,  and  defending  them  by  abattis,  mines,  and 
all  the  means  used  in  sieges ;  but  he  shall  begin  in  good  time,  behind 
the  bastions  or  front  of  attack,  the  necessary  intrenchments  to  resist 
assaults  on  the  main  w^ork. 

828.  . .  .He  shall  use  his  means  of  defense  in  such  manner  as  al- 
ways to  have  a  reserve  of  fresh  troops,  chosen  from  his  best  soldiers,  to 
resist  assaults,  retake  the  outAvorks,  and  especially  to  resist  the  as- 
saults on  the  body  of  the  place ;  and  a  reserve  of  provisions  for  the 
last  period  of  the  siege,  and  of  ammunition  for  the  last  attacks. 

829.  . .  .He  must,  in  every  case,  compel  the  besieging  force  to  ap- 
proach by  the  slow  and  successive  works  of  siege,  and  must  sustain  at 
least  one  assault  on  a  practicable  breach  in  the  body  of  the  place.     • 

830. . .  .When  the  commander  thinks  that  the  end  of  the  defense 
has  come,  he  shall  still  consult  the  council  of  defense  on  the  nieans 
that  may  remain  to  prolong  the  siege.  But  in  all  cases  he  alone  will 
decide  on  the  time,  manner,  and  terms  of  the  surrender.  In  the  ca- 
pitulation, he  shall  not  seek  or  accept  better  terms  for  himself  than 
for  the  garrison,  but  shall  share  their  fate,  and  exert  his  best  endeav- 
ors for  the  care  of  the  troops,  and  especially  of  the  sick  and  wounded. 

831.  . .  .No  commander  in  the  field  shall  withdraw^  troops  or  sup- 
plies from  any  fortified  place,  or  exercise  any  authority  over  its  com- 


Troops  on  hoard  of  Transports,  107 

mandant,  unless  it  has  been  put  subject  to  his  orders  by  competent 
authority. 

ARTICLE  XXXVII. 

TROOPS  ON  BOARD  OF  TRANSPORTS. 

832 ....  Military  commanders  charged  with  the  embarkation  of 
troops,  and  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  intrusted  with 
the  selection  of  the  transports,  will  take  care  that  the  vessels  are  en- 
tirely seaworthy  and  proper  for  such  service,  and  that  suitable  ar- 
rangements are  made  in  them  for  the  health  and  comfort  of  the 
troops. 

833 If,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  commanding  the  troops  to 

be  embarked,  the  vessel  is  not  proper  or  suitably  arranged,  the  officer 
charged  with  the  embarkation  shall  cause  her  to  be  inspected  by  com- 
petent and  experienced  persons. 

834. . .  .Immediately  after  embarking,  the  men  will  be  assigned  to 
quarters,  equal  parties  on  each  side  of  the  ship,  and  no  man  will  be 
allowed  to  loiter  or  sleep  on  the  opposite  side.  As  far  as  practicable, 
the  men  of  each  company  will  be  assigned  to  the  same  part  of  the 
vessel,  and  the  squads,  in  the  same  manner,  to  contiguous  berths. 

835.  , .  .Arms  will  be  so  placed,  if  there  be  no  racks,  as  to  be  secure 
from  injury,  and  enable  the  men  to  handle  them  promptly — bayonets 
unfixed  and  in  scabbard. 

836.  . .  .Ammunition  in  cartridge-boxes  to  be  so  placed  as  to  be  en- 
tirely secure  from  lire  ;  reserve  ammunition  to  be  reported  to  the  mas- 
ter of  the  transport,  with  request  that  he  designate  a  safe  place  of  dc-, 
posit.     Frequent  inspections  will  be  made  of  the  service  ammunition, 
to  insure  its  safety  and  good  condition. 

837. . .  .No  officer  is  to  sleep  out  of  his  ship,  or  to  quit  his  ship, 
without  the  sanction  of  the  officer  commanding  on  board. 

838. . .  .The  guard  will  be  i^roportioned  to  the  number  of  sentinels 
required.  At  sea  the  guard  will  mount  with  side-arms  only.  The 
officer  of  the  guard  will  be  officer  of  the  day. 

839 ....  Sentinels  will  be  kept  over  the  fires,  with  buckets  of  water 
at  hand,  promptly  to  extinguish  fires.  Smoking  is  prohibited  between 
decks  or  in  the  cabins^  at  all  times ;  nor  shall  any  lights  be  allowed  be- 
tween decks,  except  such  ship  lanterns  as  the  master  of  the  transport 
may  direct,  or  those  carried  by  the  officer  of  the  day  in  the  execution 
f  his  duty. 

840 ....  Regulations  will  be  adopted  to  enable  companies  or  messes 
to  cook  in  turn ;  no  others  than  those  whose  turn  it  is,  will  be  allowed 
to  loiter  around  or  approach  the  galleys  or  other  cooking  places. 


108  Troops  on  hoard  of  Transports. 

841...,  The  commanding  officer  will  make  arrangements,  in  con- 
cert with  the  master  of  the  vessel,  for  calling  the  troops  to  quarters,  so 
that  in  case  of  alarm,  by  storm,  or  fire,  or  the  approach  of  the  enemy, 
every  man  may  repair  promptly  to  his  station.  But  he  will  take  care 
not  to  crowd  the  deck.  The  troops  not  wanted  at  the  guns  or  to  as- 
sist the  sailors,  and  those  who  can  not  be  advantageously  employed 
with  small  arms,  will  be  formed  as  a  reserve  between  decks. 

842.  . .  .All  the  troops  will  turn  out  at  ,  A.M.,  without  arms 

or  uniform,  and  (in  warm  weather}  without  shoes  or  stockings  ;  when 
every  individual  will  be  clean,  his  hands,  face,  and  feet  washed,  and 
his  hair  combed.  The  same  personal  inspection  will  be  repeated  thirty 
minutes  before  sunset.  The  cooks  alone  may  be  exempted  from  one 
of  these  inspections  per  day,  if  necessary. 

843 Recruits  or  awkward  men  will  be  exercised  in  the  morning 

and  evening  in  the  use  of  arms,  an  hour  each  time,  when  the  weath- 
er will  permit. 

844.  . .  .Officers  will  enforce  cleanliness  as  indispensable  to  health. 
When  the  weather  will  permit,  bedding  will  be  brought  on  deck  ev- 
ery morning  for  airing.  Tubs  may  be  fixed  on  the  forecastle  for 
bathing,  or  the  men  may  be  placed  in  the  chains  and  have  buckets  of 
water  thrown  over  them. 

845.  . .  .Between  decks yv'iM  not  be  washed  oftener  than  once  a  week, 
and  only  when  the  wxather  is  fine.  The  boards  of  the  lower  berths 
will  be  removed  once  or  twice  a  week  to  change  the  straw.  Under 
the  direction  of  the  Surgeon  and  the  officer  of  the  day,  frequent 

,  fumigations  will  be  performed  between  decks.  The  materials  re- 
quired are — common  salt,  four  ounces;  powdered  oxide  of  man- 
ganese, one  ounce;  sulphuric  acid,  one  ounce,  diluted  with  two 
ounces  of  water.  The  diluted  acid  is  poured  over  the  other  ingre- 
dients in  a  basin  placed  in  a  hot  sand-bath.  Solutions  of  chloride  of 
lime  and  chloride  of  zinc  are  excellent  disinfecting  agents. 

846.  . .  .During  voyages  in  hot  weather,  the  master  of  the  vessel 
will  be  desired  to  provide  wind-sails,  w^hich  will  be  kept  constantly 
hung  up,  and  frequently  examined,  to  see  that  they  draw  well  and 
are  not  obstructed. 

847.  . .  .During  cooking  hours,  the  officers  of  companies  visit  the 
camboose,  and  see  that  the  messes  are  well  prepared.  The  coppers 
and  other  cooking  utensils  are  to  be  regularly  and  well  washed,  both 
before  and  after  use. 

848 ....  The  bedding  will  be  replaced  in  the  berths  at  sunset,  or  at 
an  earlier  hour  when  there  is  a  prospect  of  bad  weather ;  and  at  tattoo 
^yery  man  not  on  duty  will  be  in  his  berth.     To  insure  the  execution 


Troops  on  hoard  of  Transports,  109 

of  this  regulation,  the  officer  of  the  day,  with  a  lantern,  will  make  a 
tour  between  decks. 

849 ....  Lights  will  be  extinguished  at  tattoo^  except  such  as  are 
placed  under  sentinels.  The  officer  of  the  day  will  see  to  it,  and  re- 
port to  the  commanding  officer.  The  officers'  lights  will  be  extin- 
guished at  10  o'clock,  unless  special  permission  be  given  to  continue 
them  for  a  longer  time,  as  in  case  of  sickness  or  other  emergency. 

850.  ...For  the  sake  of  exercise,  the  troops  will  be  occasionally 
called  to  quarters  by  the  beat  to  anus.  Those  appointed  to  the  guns 
will  be  frequently  exercised  in  the  use  of  them.  The  arms  and  ac- 
coutrements will  be  frequently  inspected.  The  metallic  parts  of  the 
former  will  be  often  wiped  and  greased  again. 

851 The  men  will  not  be  allowed  to  sleep  on  deck  in  hot 

weather  or  in  the  sun ;  they  will  be  encouraged  and  required  to  take 
exercise  on  deck,  in  squads  by  succession,  when  necessary. 

852. . .  .At  morning  and  evening  parades,  the  Surgeon  will  exam- 
ine the  men,  to  observe  whether  there  be  any  appearance  of  disease. 

853 The  sick  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  separated  from  the 

healthy  men.  On  the  first  appearance  of  malignant  contagion,  a  sig- 
nal will  be  made  for  the  hospital  vessel  (if  there  be  one  in  company), 
and  the  diseased  men  removed  to  her. 

854.... A  good  supply  of  hospital  stores  and  medicines  will  he 
taken  on  each  vessel,  and  used  only  for  the  sick  and  convalescent. 

855 The  Surgeon  will  guard  the  men  against  costiveness  on  ap- 
proaching a  hot  climate.  In  passing  through  the  West  Indies,  to  the 
southern  coast  for  instance,  and  for  some  weeks  after  landing  in 
those  latitudes,  great  care  is  required  in  the  use  of  fruit,  as  strangers 
would  not  be  competent  to  judge  of  it,  and  most  kinds,  after  long  voy- 
ages, are  prejudicial. 

856.  . .  .In  harbor,  where  there  is  no  danger  from  sharks,  the  men 
may  bathe;  but  not  more  than  ten  at  a  time,  and  attended  by  a  boat. 

857.  . .  .In  fitting  up  a  vessel  for  the  transportation  of  horses,  care 
is  to  be  taken  that  the  requisite  arrangements  are  made  for  conven- 
iently feeding  and  cleaning  them,  and  to  secure  them  from  injury  in 
rough  weather  by  ropes  attached  to  breast-straps  and  breeching,  or 
by  other  suitable  means  ;  and  especially  that  proper  ventilation  is  pro- 
vided by  openings  in  the  upper  deck,  wind-sails,  &c.  The  ventilation 
of  steamers  may  be  assisted  by  using  the  engine  for  that  purpose. 

858 ....  Horses  should  not  be  put  on  board  after  severe  exercise  or 
when  heated.  In  hoisting  them  on  board,  the  slings  should  be  made 
fast  to  a  hook  at  the  end  of  the  fall,  or  the  knot  tied  by  an  expert 
seaman,  so  that  it  may  be  well  secui'ed  and  easily  loosened.     The 


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110  Courts-martial, 

horse  should  be  run  up  quickly,  to  prevent  him  from  pkmging,  and 
should  be  steadied  by  guide  ropes.  A  halter  is  placed  on  him  before 
he  is  lifted  from  the  ground. 

859 On  board,  care  is  to  be  taken  that  the  horses  are  not  over- 
fed ;  bran  should  /orm  part  of  their  ration.  The  face,  eyes,  and  nos- 
trils of  each  horse  are  to  be  washed  at  the  usual  stable  hours,  and,  oc- 
casionally, the  mangers  should  be  washed  and  the  nostrils  of  the 
horses  sponged  with  vinegar  and  water. 

8G0. . .  .In  loading  vessels  with  stores  for  a  military  expedition,  the 
cargo  of  each  should  be  composed  of  an  assortment  of  such  stores  as 
may  be  available  for  service  in  case  of  the  non- arrival  of  others,  and 
they  should  be  placed  on  board  in  such  a  manner  that  they  may  be 
easily  reached,  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  required  for  service. 
Each  store-ship  should  be  marked,  at  the  bow  and  stern,  on  both  sides, 
in  large  characters,  with  a  distinctive  letter  and  number.  A  list  is  to 
be  made  of  the  stores  on  board  of  each  vessel,  and  of  the  place  where 
they  are  to  be  found  in  it ;  a  copy  of  this  list  to  be  sent  to  the  chief 
officer  of  the  proper  department  in  the  expedition,  or  at  the  place  of 
destination. 

ARTICLE  XXXVIII. 

COURTS-MAKTIAL. 

861 In  appointing  a  general  court-martial,  as  many  members 

will  be  detailed,  from  five  to  thirteen  inclusively,  as  can  be  assembled 
without  manifest  injury  to  the  service. 

862 The  decision  of  the  officer  appointing  the  court,  as  to  the 

number  that  can  be  assembled  without  manifest  injury  to  the  service, 
is  conclusive. 

863 ....  A  President  of  the  court  will  not  be  appointed.  The  officer 
highest  in  rank  present  will  be  President. 

864: ....  Form  of  Order  appointing  a  general  court-martial ;  the  last 
paragraph  omitted  when  the  court  can  be  kept  up  with  thirteen 
members. 

Head-Quarters, ,  &c. 

A  General  Court-martial  is  hereby  appointed  to  meet  at ,  on 

the  —  day  of ,  ,or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  for  the 

trial  of and  such  other  prisoners  as  may  be  l)rought  before  it. 

Detail  for  the  Court : 

1. 5.  

2.  -^ G. 


Courts-martial.  Ill 


9. 12. 

10. 13. 


11.  . ,  Judge  Advocate. 

No  other  oflQcers  tluin  those  named  can  be  assembled  without  man- 
ifest injury  to  the  service. 

By  order  of ,  commanding . 

,  Assistant  Adjutant-General. 


8G5....In  the  detail  the  members  will  be  named,  and  they  will 
take  place  in  the  court,  in  the  order  of  their  rank.  A  decision  of  the 
proper  authority  in  regard  to  the  rank  of  the  members  can  not  be  re- 
versed by  the  court. 

8G6 The  place  of  holding  a  court  is  appointed  by  the  authority 

convening  it. 

8G7 AppHcation  for  delay  or  postponement  of  trial  must,  when 

practicable,  be  made  to  the  authority  convening  the  court.  When 
made  to  the  court,  it  must  be  before  plea,  and  will  then,  if  in  the 
opinion  of  the  comt  well  founded,  be  referred  to  the  authority  con- 
yening  the  court,  to  decide  whether  the  court  should  be  adjourned  or 
dissolved,  and  the  charges  reserved  for  another  court. 

868.  . .  .Upon  application  by  the  accused  for  postponement  on  the 
ground  of  the  absence  of  a  witness,  it  ought  distinctly  to  appear  on 
his  oath,  1st.  that  the  witness  is  material,  and  how ;  2d.  that  the  ac- 
cused has  used  due  diligence  to  procure  his  attendance ;  and,  3d.  that 
he  has  reasonable  ground  to  believe,  and  does  believe,  that  he  will  be 
able  to  procure  such  attendance  within  a  reasonable  time  stated. 

809.... The  President  of  a  court-martial,  besides  his  duties  and 
privileges  as  member,  is  the  organ  of  the  court,  to  keep  order  and  con- 
duct its  business.  He  speaks  and  acts  for  the  court  in  each  case  where 
the  rule  has  been  prescribed  by  law,  regulation,  or  its  own  resolution. 
In  all  their  deliberations  the  law  secures  the  equality  of  the  members. 

870. . .  .The  7Gth  Article  of  War  does  not  confer  on  a  court-mar- 
tial the  power  to  punish  its  own  members.  For  disorderly  conduct,  a 
member  is  liable  as  in  other  offenses  against  military  discipline ;  im- 
proper words  are  to  be  taken  down,  and  any  disorderly  conduct  of  a 
member  reported  to  the  authority  convening  the  court. 

871 ....  The  Judge  Advocate  shall  summon  the  necessary  witnesses 

for  the  trial;  but  he  shall  not  summon  any  witness  at  the  expense  of 

the  United  States,  nor  any  officer  of  the  army,  without  the  order  of  the 

court,  unless  satisfied  that  his  testimony  is  material  and  necessary  to 

g.tho  ends  of  justice. 

872 Every  court-martial  shall  keep  a  complete  and  accurate 

record  of  its  proceedings,  to  be  authenticated  by  the  signatures  of  the 


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112  Courts-Martial 

President  and  Judge  Advocate ;  who  shall  also  certify,  in  like  man>. 
ner,  the  sentence  pronounced  by  the  court  in  each  case.  The  record 
must  show,  that  the  court  was  organized  as  the  law  requires ;  that  the 
court  and  Judge  Advocate  were  duly  sworn  in  the  presence  of  the 
prisoner;  that  he  was  previously  asked  whether  he  had  any  objection 
to  any  member,  and  his  answer  thereto.  A  copy  of  the  order  ap- 
pointing the  court  will  be  entered  on  the  record  in  each  case. 

873.  . .  .Whenever  the  same  court-martial  tries  more  prisoners  than 
one,  and  they  are  arraigned  on  separate  and  distinct  charges,  the 
court  is  to  be  sworn  at  the  commencement  of  each  trial,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings in  each  case  will  be  made  up  separately. 

874.  . .  .The  record  shall  be  clearly  and  legibly  written;  as  far  as 
practicable,  without  erasures  or  interlineations.  The  pages  to  be 
numbered,  with  a  margin  of  one  inch  on  the  left  side  of  each  page, 
and  at  the  top  of  the  odd  and  bottom  of  the  even  pages ;  through  this 
last  margin  the  sheets  to  be  stitched  together;  the  documents  accom- 
panying the  proceedings  to  be  noted  and  marked  in  such  manner  as 
to  afford  an  easy  reference. 

875.  . .  .No  recommendation  will  be  embraced  in  the  body  of  the 
sentence.  Those  members  only  who  concur  in  the  recommendation 
will  sign  it. 

876.  . .  .The  legal  punishments  for  soldiers  by  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial  according  to  the  offense,  and  the  jurisdiction  of  the  court, 
are — death ;  corporal  punishment  by  flogging  ;  confinement ;  confine- 
ment on  bread  and  water  diet ;  solitary  confinement ;  hard  labor ;  ball 
and  chain ;  forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances ;  discharges  from  service ; 
and  reprimands.  Solitary  confinement,  or  confinement  on  bread  and 
water,  shall  not  exceed  fourteen  days  at  a  time,  with  intervals  be- 
tween the  periods  of  such  confinement  not  less  than  such  periods ;  and 
notexceeding  eighty-four  days  in  any  one  year. 

877 The  Judge  Advocate  shall  transmit  the  proceedings,  with- 
out delay,  to  the  officer  having  authority  to  confirm  the  sentence,  who 
shall  state,  at  the  end  of  the  proceedings  in  each  case,  his  decision 
and  orders  thereon. 

878 The   original  proceedings   of  all  general   courts-martial, 

after  the  decision  on  them  of  the  reviewing  authority,  and  all  pro- 
ceedings that  require  the  decision  of  the  President  under  the  65th 
and  89th  Articles  of  War,  and  copies  of  all  orders  confirming  or  dis- 
approving, or  remitting  the  sentences  of  courts-martial,  and  all 
official  communications  for  the  Judge  Advocate  of  the  army,  will 
be  addressed  to  "  Hie  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army,  War  Department,'" 
marked  on  the  cover.  ^^  Judge  Advocate." 


Working-Parties,  113 

879.  . .  .The  proceedings  of  garrison  and  regimental  courts-mar- 
tial will  be  transmitted  without  delay  by  the  garrison  or  regimental 
commander  to  the  department  head-quarters  for  the  supervision  of 
tlie  department  commander. 

880.  . .  .The  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  the  punishment  ordered 
by  a  court-martial  is  vested  in  the  authority  confirming  the  proceed- 
ings, and  in  the  President  of  the  United  States.  A  superior  military 
commander  to  the  officer  confirming  the  proceedings  may  suspend 
the  execution  of  the  sentence  when,  in  his  judgment,  it  is  void  upon 
the  face  of  the  proceedings,  or  when  he  sees  a  fit  case  for  executive 
clemency.  In  such  cases,  the  record,  with  his  order  prohibiting  the 
execution,  shall  bo  transmitted  for  the  final  orders  of  the  President. 

881.... When  a  court-martial  or  court  of  inquiry  adjourns  with- 
out day,  the  members  will  return  to  their  respective  posts  and  duties 
unless  otherwise  ordered. 

882.  . .  .When  a  court  adjourns  for  three  days,  the  Judge  Advocate 
shall  report  the  fact  to  the  commander  of  the  post  or  troops,  and  the 
members  belonging  to  the  command  will  be  liable  to  duty  during  the 
time. 

ARTICLE  XXXIX. 

WORKING -PAR  TIES. 

883. . .  .When  it  is  necessary  to  employ  the  army  at  work  on  forti- 
fications, in  surv^eys,  in  cutting  roads,  and  other  constant  labor  of  not 
less  than  ten  days,  the  non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers  so  em- 
ployed are  enrolled  as  extra-duty  men,  and  are  allowed  twenty-five 
cents  a  day  when  employed  as  laborers  and  teamsters,  and  forty  cents 
a  day  when  employed  as  mechanics,  at  all  stations  east  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  and  thirty-five  and  fifty  cents  per  day,  respectively,  at  all 
stations  west  of  those  mountains. 

884.  . .  .Enlisted  men  of  the  Ordnance  and  Engineer  Departments, 
and  artificers  of  artillery,  are  not  entitled  to  this  allowance  when  em- 
ployed in  their  appropriate  work. 

885 ....  Soldiers  will  not  be  employed  as  extra-duty  men  for  any 
labor  in  camp  or  garrison  which  can  properly  be  performed  by  fatigue 
parties. 

886 ....  No  extra-duty  men,  except  those  required  for  the  ordinary 
sers'ice  of  the  Quartermaster,  Commissary,  and  Medical  Departments, 
and  saddlers  in  mounted  companies,  will  be  employed  without  pre- 
vious authority  from  department  head-quarters,  excej)t  in  case  of  ne- 
cessity, which  shall  be  promptly  reported  to  the  department  com- 
mander. 


114  Working-Parties .  . .  .Public  Property,  ^c. 

887. . .  .Extra-duty  pay  of  the  saddler  in  a  mounted  company  will 
be  charged  on  the  company  muster-roll,  to  be  paid  by  the  Paymaster 
and  refunded  hy  the  Ordnance  Department.  Extra-duty  pay  of  cooks 
and  nurses  in  the  hospital  service  will  be  paid  by  the  quartermaster, 
in  the  absence  of  a  medical  disbursing  officer,  and  refunded  by  the 
Medical  Department. 

888.  . .  .The  officer  commanding  a  working-party  will  conform  to 
the  directions  and  plans  of  the  engineer  or  other  officer  directing  the 
work,  without  regard  to  rank. 

889 A  day's  work  shall  not  exceed  ten  hours  in  summer,  nor 

eight  in  winter.  Soldiers  are  paid  in  proportion  for  any  greater 
number  of  hours  they  are  employed  each  day.  Summer  is  consider- 
ed to  commence  on  the  1st  of  April,  and  winter  on  the  1st  of  Octo- 
ber. 

890.  ...Although  the  necessities  of  the  service  may  require  sol- 
diers to  be  ordered  on  working-parties  as  a  duty,  commanding  offi- 
cers are  to  bear  in  mind  that  fitness  for  military  sen-ice  by  instruction 
and  discipline  is  the  object  for  which  the  army  is  kept  on  foot,  and 
that  they  are  not  to  employ  the  troops  when  not  in  the  field,  and  es- 
pecially the  mounted  troops,  in  labors  that  interfere  with  their  mili- 
tary duties  and  exercises,  except  in  case  of  immediate  necessity, 
which  shall  be  forthwith  reported  for  the  orders  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment. 

ARTICLE  XL. 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY,  MONEY,  AND  ACCOUNTS. 

891.  . .  .All  officers  of  the  Pay,  Commissary,  and  Quartermaster's 
Departments,  and  military  store-keepers,  shall,  previous  to  their  enter- 
ing on  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  give  good  and  sufficient 
bonds  to  the  United  States  fully  to  account  for  all  moneys  and  public 
property  which  they  may  receive,  in  such  sums  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
shall  direct ;  and  the  officers  aforesaid  shall  renew  their  bonds  every 
four  years,  and  oftener  if  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  so  require,  and 
whenever  they  receive  a  new  commission  or  appointment. 

892 . . .  .The  sureties  to  the  bond  shall  be  bound  jointly  and  severally 
for  the  whole  amount  of  the  bond,  and  shall  satisfy  the  Secretaiy  of 
War  that  they  are  worth  jointly  double  the  amount  of  the  bond,  by 
the  affidavit  of  each  surety,  stating  that  he  is  worth,  over  and  above 
his  debts  and  liabilities,  the  amount  of  the  bond  or  such  other  sum  as 
he  may  specify,  and  each  surety  shall  state  his  place  of  residence. 

893 The  chiefs  of  disbursing  departments  who  submit  requisi- 
tions for  money  to  be  remitted  to  disbursing  officers,  shall  take  care 


Public  Money.  115 

that  no  more  money  than  actually  needed  is  in  the  hands  of  any 
officer. 

894 .  . .  .The  Treasury  Department  having  provided,  by  arrangement 
with  the  assistant  treasurers  at  various  points,  secure  depositories  for 
funds  in  the  hands  of  disbursing  officers,  all  disbursing  officers  are  re- 
quired to  avail  themselves,  as  far  as  possible,  of  this  arrangement,  by 
depositing  with  the  assistant  treasurers  such  funds  as  are  not  wanted 
for  immediate  use,  and  drawing  the  same  in  convenient  sums  as 
wanted. 

895.  ...No  public  funds  shall  be  exchanged  except  for  gold  and 
silver.  When  the  funds  furnished  are  gold  and  silver,  all  payments 
shall  be  in  gold  and  silver.  When  the  funds  furnished  are  drafts, 
they  shall  be  presented  at  the  place  of  payment,  and  paid  according 
to  law ;  and  payments  shall  be  made  in  the  funds  so  received  for  the 
drafts,  unless  said  funds  or  said  drafts  can  be  exchanged  for  gold  and 
silver  at  par.  If  any  disbursing  officer  shall  violate  any  of  these  pro- 
visions, he  shall  be  suspended  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  reported 
to  the  President,  and  promptly  removed  from  office  or  restored  to  his 
trust  and  duties  as  to  the  President  may  seem  just  and  proper.  (Act 
August  6,  1846.) 

896.  . .  .No  disbursing  officer  shall  accept,  or  receive,  or  transmit  to 
the  Treasury  to  be  allowed  in  his  favor,  any  receipt  or  voucher  from  a 
creditor  of  the  United  States  without  having  paid  to  such  creditor,  in 
such  funds  as  he  received  for  disbursement,  or  such  other  funds  as 
he  is  authorized  by  the  preceding  article  to  take  in  exchange,  the 
full  amount  specified  in  such  receipt  or  voucher ;  and  every  such  act 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  conversion  to  his  own  use  of  the  amount 
specified  in  such  receipt  or  voucher.  And  no  officer  in  the  military 
service  charged  with  the  safe-keeping,  transfer,  or  disbursement  of 
public  money,  shall  convert  to  his  own  use,  or  invest  in  any  kind  of 
merchandise  or  property,  or  loan  with  or  without  interest,  or  deposit 
in  any  bank,  or  exchange  for  other  funds,  except  as  allowed  in  the 
preceding  article,  any  public  money  intrusted  to  him ;  and  every  such 
act  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  felony  and  an  embezzlement  of  so  much 
money  as  may  be  so  taken,  converted,  invested,  used,  loaned,  depos- 
ited, or  exchanged.     (Act  August  6,  1846.) 

897.  . .  -Any  officer  who  shall  directly  or  indirectly  sell  or  dispose 
of,  for  a  premium,  any  Treasury  note,  draft,  warrant,  or  other  public 
security  in  his  hands  for  disbursement,  or  sell  or  dispose  of  the  pro- 
ceeds or  avails  thereof  without  making  returns  of  such  premium  and 
accounting  therefor  by  charging  it  in  his  accounts  to  the  credit  of  the 
United  States,  will  forthwith  be  dismissed  by  the  President.  (Act 
August  6,  1846.) 


116  Public  Money. 

898 ...  .If  any  disbursing  officer  shall  bet  at  cards  or  any  game  of 
hazard,  his  commanding  officer  shall  suspend  his  functions,  and  re- 
quire him  to  turn  over  all  the  public  funds  in  his  keeping,  and  shall 
immediately  report  the  case  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  AVar  Depart- 
ment. 

899.  . .  .All  officers  are  forbid  to  give  or  take  any  receipt  in  blank 
for  public  money  or  property ;  but  in  all  cases  the  voucher  shall  be 
made  out  in  full,  and  the  true  date,  place,  and  exact  amount  of 
money,  in  words,  shall  be  written  out  in  the  receipt  before"  it  is 
signed. 

900.  . .  .When  a  signature  is  not  written  by  the  hand  of  the  party, 
it  must  be  witnessed. 

901 ....  No  advance  of  public  money  shall  be  made,  except  ad- 
vances to  disbursing  officers,  and  advances  by  order  of  the  War  De- 
partment to  officers  on  distant  stations,  where  they  can  not  receive 
their  pay  and  emoluments  regularly ;  but  in  all  cases  of  contracts  for 
the  perforaiance  of  any  service,  or  the  delivery  of  articles  of  any  de- 
scription, payment  shall  not  exceed  the  value  of  the  service  rendered, 
or  of  the  articles  delivered,  previously  to  such  payment. 

902 ....  No  officer  disbursing  or  directing  the  disbursement  of  mon- 
ey for  the  militaiy  service  shall  be  concerned,  directly  or  indirectly, 
in  the  purchase  or  sale,  for  commercial  purposes,  of  any  article  in- 
tended for,  making  a  part  of,  or  appertaining  to  the  department  of 
the  public  service  in  which  he  is  engaged,  nor  shall  take  or  apply  to 
his  own  use  any  gain  or  emolument  for  negotiating  or  transacting 
any  public  business  other  than  what  is  or  may  be  allowed  by  law. 

903.  ...No  wagon-master  or  forage-master  shall  be  interested  or 
concerned,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  wagon  or  other  means  of 
transport  employed  by  the  United  States,  nor  in  the  purchase  or  sale 
of  any  property  procured  for  or  belonging  to  the  United  States,  ex- 
cept as  the  agent  of  the  United  States. 

901.  . .  .No  officer  or  agent  in  the  militar}'  service  shall  purchase 
from  any  other  person  in  the  military  service,  or  make  any  contract 
with  any  such  person  to  furnish  supplies  or  services,  or  make  any 
purchase  or  contract  in  which  such  person  shall  be  admitted  to  any 
share  or  part,  or  to  any  benefit  to  arise  therefrom. 

.905 No  person  in  the  military  service  whose  salary,  pay,  or 

emoluments  is  or  are  fixed  by  law  or  regulations,  shall  receive  any 
additional  pay,  extra  allowance,  or  compensation  in  any  form  what- 
ever, for  the  disbursement  of  public  money,  or  any  other  service  or 
duty  whatsoever,  unless  the  same  shall  be  authorized  by  law,  and  ex- 
plicitly set  out  in  the  appropriation. 


Public  Money  and  Property.  117 

906 All  accounts  of  expenditures  shall  set  out  a  sufficient  ex- 
planation of  the  object,  necessity,  and  propriety  of  the  expenditure. 

907. . .  .The  facts  on  which  an  account  depends  must  be  stated  and 
vouched  by  the  certificate  of  an  officer,  or  other  sufficient  evidence. 

908 If  any  account  paid  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  to  the 

facts  is  afterward  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate,  it 
sliall  pass  to  the  credit  of  the  disbursing  officer,  and  be  charged  to 
the  officer  >vho  gave  the  certificate. 

909 An  officei'  shall  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money 

or  property  made  in  obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding  offi- 
cer. If  the  expenditure  is  disallowed,  it  shall  be  charged  to  the  offi- 
cer who  ordered  it. 

910 Disbursing  officers,  when  they  have  the  money,  shall  pay 

cash  and  not  open  an  account.  Heads  of  bureaus  shall  take  care,  by 
timely  remittances,  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  any  purchases  on  credit. 

911.  . .  .When  a  disbursing  officer  is  relieved,  he  shall  certify  the 
outstanding  debts  to  his  successor,  and  transmit  an  account  of  the 
same  to  the  head  of  the  bureau,  and  tuni  over  his  public  money  and 
property  appertaining  to  the  service  from  which  he  is  relieved  to  his 
successor,  unless  othenvise  ordered. 

912.  . .  .The  chief  of  each  military  bureau  of  the  War  Department 
shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  regulate,  as  far  as 
practicable,  the  employment  of  hired  persons  required  for  the  admin- 
istrative service  of  his  department. 

9 13.... When  practicable,  persons  hired  in  the  military  service 
shall  be  paid  at  the  end  of  the  calendar  month,  and  when  discharged. 
Separate  pay-rolls  shall  be  made  for  each  month. 

914.  . .  .When  a  hired  person  is  discharged  and  not  paid,  a  certified 
statement  of  his  account  shall  be  given  him. 

915.  . .  .Property,  paid  for  or  not,  must  be  taken  up  on  the  return, 
and  accounted  for  when  received. 

916 No  officer  has  authority  to  insure  public  property  or  money. 

917 Disbursing  officers  are  not  authorized  to  settle  with  heirs, 

executors,  or  administrators,  except  by  instructions  from  the  proper 
bureau  of  the  War  Department  upon  accounts  duly  audited  and  cer- 
tified by  the  proper  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury. 

918.  . .  .Public  horses,  mules,  oxen,  tools,  and  implements  shall  be 
branded  conspicuously  U.  S.  before  being  used  in  service,  and  all  oth- 
er public  property  that  it  may  be  useful  to  mark  ;  and  all  public  prop- 
erty having  the  brand  of  the  U.  S.  when  sold  or  condemned,  shall 
be  branded  with  the  letter  C. 

919 No  public  property  shall  be  used,  nor  labor  hired  for  the 


118  Public  Property. 

public  be  employed,  for  any  private  use  whatsoever  not  authorized  by 
the  regulations  of  the  service. 

920 ....  When  public  property  becomes  damaged,  except  by  fair 
wear  and  tear,  the  officer  accountable  for  the  property  shall  report  the 
case  to  the  commanding  officer,  who  shall  appoint  a  board  of  sun'cy 
^  two  or  more  officers  to  examine  the  property  and  ascertain  the 
cause  and  amount  of  damage,  and  whether  by  any  fault  of  any  person 
in  the  military  service,  and  report  the  facts  and  their  opinion  to  him ; 
which  report,  with  his  opinion  thereon,  he  shall  transmit  to  the  chief 
of  the  department  to  which  the  property  appertains,  and  give  a  copy 
to  the  officer  accountable  for  the  property  and  to  the  person  charge- 
able for  the  damage. 

921.... If  any  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or  damaged  by 
neglect  or  fault  of  any  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  pay  the  value  of 
such  article,  or  amount  of  damage,  or  cost  of  repairs,  and  be  pro- 
ceeded against  as  the  Articles  of  War  provide,  if  he  demand  a  trial 
by  court-martial,  or  the  circumstances  require  it. 

922.  . ,  .Charges  against  a  soldier  shall  be  set  against  his  pay  on 
the  muster-roll.  Charges  against  an  officer  to  be  set  against  his  pay 
shall  be  promptly  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War.* 

923.  . .  .If  any  article  of  public  property  be  embezzled,  or  by  neglect 
lost  or  damaged,  by  any  person  hired  in  the  public  service,  the  value 
or  damage  shall  be  charged  to  him,  and  set  against  any  pay  or  money 
due  him. 

924.  ..  .Public  property  lost  or  destroyed  in  the  military  service 
must  be  accounted  for  by  affidavit,  or  the  certificate  of  a  commission- 
ed officer,  or  other  satisfactory  evidence. 

925.  . .  .Affidavits  or  depositions  may  be  taken  before  any  officer  in 
the  list,  as  follows,  when  recourse  can  not  be  had  to  any  before- 
named  on  said  list,  which  fact  shall  be  certified  by  the  officer  of- 
fering the  evidence  :  1st.  a  civil  magistrate  competent  to  administer 
oaths ;  2d.  a  judge  advocate  ;  3d.  the  recorder  of  a  garrison  or  regi- 
mental court-martial ;  4th.  the  Adjutant  of  a  regiment ;  5th.  a  com- 
missioned officer. 

926.  . .  .W^hen  military  stores  or  other  army  supplies  are  unsuitable 
to  the  service,  the  officer  in  charge  thereof  shall  report  the  case  to 
the  commanding  officer,  w^ho  shall  refer  the  report,  with  his  opinion 
thereon,  to  the  bureau  of  the  department  to  which  the  property  apper- 
tains, for  the  order  in  the  case  of  the  Secretaiy  of  War.  But  if,  from 
the  nature  or  condition  of  the  property  or  exigency  of  the  sen-ice,  it 

*  If  the  pay  of  any  officer  or  soldier  is  wrongfully  withheld  for  arrears  or  liabili- 
ties  to  the  United  States,  a  civil  remedy  is  provided  by  the  act  of  January  25, 1328. 


Public  Property.  119 

be  necessary  to  act  without  the  delay  of  such  reference,  in  such  case 
of  necessity  the  commanding  officer  shall  appoint  a  board  of  survey, 
composed  of  two  or  more  competent  officers,  to  examine  the  property 
and  report  to  him,  subject  to  his  approval,  what  disposition  the  public 
interest  requires  to  be  made  of  it ;  which  he  shall  cause  to  be  made, 
and  report  the  case  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department  for 
the  information  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  These  cases  of  necessity 
arise  when  the  property  is  of  perishable  nature,  and  can  not  be  kept, 
or  when  the  expense  of  keeping  it  is  too  great  in  proportion  to  its 
value,  or  when  the  troops,  in  movement,  would  be  compelled  to  aban- 
don it.  Horses  incurably  unfit  for  any  public  service  may  also  consti- 
tute a  case  of  necessity,  but  shall  be  put  to  death  only  in  case  of  an 
incurable  wound  or  contagious  disorder. 

927.  . .  .When  military  stores  or  other  army  supplies  are  reported 
to  the  War  Department  as  unsuitable  to  the  service,  a  proper  inspec- 
tion or  survey  of  them  shall  be  made  by  an  Inspector -General,  or  such 
suitable  officer  or  officers  as  the  Secretary  of  W^ar  may  appoint  for 
that  purpose.  Separate  inventories  of  the  stores,  according  to  the 
disposition  to  be  made  of  them,  shall  accompany  the  inspection  re- 
port :  as  of  articles  to  be  repaired,  to  be  broken  up,  to  be  sold,  of 
no  use  or  value,  and  to  be  dropped,  &c.,  &c.  The  inspection  report 
and  inventories  shall  show  the  exact  condition  of  the  different  ar- 
ticles. 

928. . .  .Military  stores  and  other  army  supplies  found  unsuitable  to 
the  public  service,  after  inspection  by  an  Inspector-General,  or  such 
special  inspection  as  may  have  been  directed  in  the  case,  and  ordered 
for  sale,  shall  be  sold  for  cash  at  auction,  on  due  public  notice,  and  in 
such  market  as  the  public  interest  may  require.  The  officer  making 
the  sale  will  bid  in  and  suspend  the  sale  when,  in  his  opinion,  better 
prices  may  be  got.  Expenses  of  the  sale  will  be  paid  from  its  pro- 
ceeds. The  auctioneer's  certified  account  of  the  sales  in  detail,  and 
the  vouchers  for  the  expenses  of  the  sale,  will  be  reported  to  the 
chief  of  the  department  to  which  the  property  belonged.  The  net 
proceeds  will  be  applied  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  direct. 

929. .  .  .No  officer  making  returns  of  property  shall  drop  from  his 
return  any  public  property  as  worn  out  or  unserviceable  until  it  has 
been  condemned,  after  proper  inspection,  and  ordei*ed  to  be  so  drop- 
ped. 

930.  . .  .An  officer  issuing  stores  shall  deliver  or  transmit  to  the  re- 
ceiving officer  an  exact  list  of  them  in  duplicate  invoices,  and  the  re- 
ceiving officer  shall  return  him  duplicate  receipts. 

931 .. .  .When  an  officer  to  whom  stores  are  forwarded  has  reason 


120  Public  Property  and  Accounts, 

to  suppose  them  miscarried,  he  shall  promptly  inform  the  issuing  and 
forwarding  officer,  and  the  bureau  of  the  department  to  which  the 
property  appertains. 

932.... When  stores  received  do  not  correspond  in  amount  or 
quality  with  the  invoice,  they  will  be  examined  by  a  board  of  survey, 
and  their  report  communicated  to  the  proper  bureau,  to  the  issuing 
and  forwarding  officer,  and  to  the  officer  authorized  to  pay  the  trans- 
portation account.  Damages  recovered  from  the  carrier  or  other 
i^arty  liable,  will  be  refunded  to  the  proper  department. 

933 On  the  death  of  any  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  or 

money,  the  commanding  officer  shall  appoint  a  board  of  survey  to 
take  an  inventory  of  the  same,  which  he  shall  forward  to  the  proper 
bureau  of  the  War  Department,  and  he  shall  designate  an  officer  to 
take  charge  of  the  said  property  or  money  till  orders  in  the  case  are 
received  from  the  proper  authority. 

934.  ...When  an  officer  in  charge  of  pubhc  property  is  removed 
from  the  care  of  it,  the  commanding  officer  shall  designate  an  officer 
to  receive  it,  or  take  charge  of  it  himself,  till  a  successor  be  regularly 
appointed.  AYhere  no  officer  can  remain  to  receive  it,  the  command- 
ing officer  will  take  suitable  means  to  secure  it,  and  report  the  facts 
to  the  proper  authority. 

935 ....  Every  officer  having  public  money  to  account  for,  and  fail- 
ing to  render  his  account  thereof  quarter-yearly,  with  the  vouchers 
necessary  to  its  correct  and  prompt  settlement,  within  three  months 
after  the  expiration  of  the  quarter  if  resident  in  the  United  States, 
and  within  six  months  if  resident  in  a  foreign  country,  will  be  prompt- 
ly dismissed  by  the  President,  unless  he  shall  explain  the  default  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  President.     (Act  January  31,  1823.) 

936.  . .  .Every  officer  intrusted  with  public  money  or  property  shall 
render  all  prescribed  returns  and  accounts  to  the  bureau  of  the  de- 
partment in  w^iich  he  is  sen^ng,  where  all  such  returns  and  accounts 
shall  pass  through  a  rigid  administrative  scrutiny  before  the  mon- 
ey accounts  ai'e  transmitted  to  the  proper  offices  of  the  Treasury  De- 
partment for  settlement. 

937.  . .  .The  head  of  the  bureau  shall  cause  his  decision  on  each  ac- 
count to  be  endorsed  on  it.  He  shall  bring  to  the  notice  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  all  accounts  and  matters  of  account  that  require  or  merit 
it.  When  an  account  is  suspended  or  disallowed,  the  bureau  shall 
notify  it  to  the  officer,  that  he  may  have  early  opportunity  to  submit 
explanations  or  take  an  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

938.  . ,  .When  an  account  is  suspended  or  disallowed  in  the  proper 
office  of  the  Treasury  Department,  or  explanation  or  evidence  re- 


Contracts  and  Purchases,  121 

quired  from  the  officer,  it  shall  be  promptly  notified  to  him  by  the 
head  of  the  military  bureau.  And  all  vouchers,  evidence,  or  expla- 
nation returned  by  him  to  the  Treasury  Department  shall  pass  through 
the  bureau. 

939 Chiefs  of  the  disbursing  departments  shall,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  War,  designate,  as  far  as  practicable,  the 
places  where  the  principal  contracts  and  purchases  shall  be  made  and 
supplies  procured  for  distribution. 

940 All  iDurchases  and  contracts  for  supplies  or  services  for  the 

army,  except  personal  services,  when  the  public  exigencies  do  not  re- 
quire the  immediate  delivery  of  the  article  or  performance  of  the 
sen'ice,  shall  be  made  by  advertising  a  sufficient  time  previously  for 
proposals  respecting  the  same. 

941.... The  officer  advertising  for  proposals  shall,  when  the  in- 
tended contract  or  purchase  is  considerable,  transmit  forthwith  a  copy 
of  the  advertisement  and  report  of  the  case  to  the  proper  bureau  of 
the  War  Department. 

942 ....  Contracts  will  be  made  with  the  lowest  responsible  bidder, 
and  purchases  from  the  lowest  bidder  who  produces  the  proper  arti- 
cle. But  when  such  lowest  bids  are  unreasonable,  they  will  be  reject- 
ed, and  bids  again  invited  by  public  notice ;  and  all  bids  and  adver- 
tisements shall  be  sent  to  the  bureau. 

943. . .  .When  sealed  bids  are  required,  the  time  of  opening  them 
shall  be  specified,  and  bidders  have  privilege  to  be  present  at  the 
opening.  .  . 

944 When  immediate  delivery  or  performance  is  required  by 

the  public  exigency,  the  article  or  service  required  may  be  procured 
by  open  purchase  or  contract  at  the  places,  and  in  the  mode  in  which 
such  articles  are  usually  bought  and  sold,  or  such  services  engaged, 
between  individuals. 

945 Contracts  shall  be  made  in  quadruplicate ;  one  to  be  kept 

by  the  officer,  one  by  the  contractor,  and  two  to  be  sent  to  the  mili- 
tary bureau,  one  of  which  for  the  office  of  the  Second  Comptroller  of 
the  Treasury. 

946 ....  The  contractor  shall  give  bond,  with  good  and  sufficient 
security,  for  the  true  and  faithful  performance  of  his  contract,  and 
each  surety  shall  state  his  place  of  residence. 

947. . .  .An  express  condition  shall  be  inserted  in  contracts  that  no 
member  of  Congress  shall  be  admitted  to  any  share  or  part  therein,  or 
any  benefit  to  arise  therefrom. 

948. . .  .No  contract  shall  be  made  except  under  a  law  authorizing 
it,  or  an  appropriation  adequate  to  its  fulfillment,  except  contracts  by 

F 


122  Abstracts. . .  .Estimates,  ^c, 

the  Secretary  of  War  for  the,  subsistence  or  clothing  of  the  army,  or 
the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

949 It  is  the  duty  of  every  commanding  officer  to  enforce  a 

rigid  economy  in  the  public  expenses. 

950 ....  The  commander  of  a  geographical  district  or  department 
shall  require  abstracts  to  be  rendered  to  him,  at  least  once  in  each 
quarter,  by  every  officer  under  his  orders  who  is  charged  with  the 
care  of  public  property  or  the  disbursement  of  public  money,  showing 
all  property  received,  issued,  and  expended  by  the  officer  rendering 
the  account,  and  the  property  remaining  on  hand,  and  all  moneys  re- 
ceived, paid,  or  contracted  to  be  paid  by  him,  and  the  balances  re- 
maining in  his  hands ;  and  where  such  officer  is  serving  under  any 
intermediate  commander,  as  of  the  post,  regiment,  &c.,  the  abstracts 
shall  be  revised  by  such  commander ;  and  both  the  accounting  officer 
and  the  commanding  officer  shall  accompany  the  abstracts  with  full 
explanations  of  every  circumstance  that  may  be  necessary  to  a  com- 
plete understanding,  by  the  commander  of  the  department,  of  all  the 
items  on  the  abstracts.  These  abstracts,  where  the  accounting  officer 
is  serving  in  more  than  one  staff  department,  will  be  made  separately 
for  each. 

951. .  .  .The  commander  of  the  department  shall  promptly  correct 
all  irregularities  and  extravagances  which  he  may  discover.  He  shall 
also  forward,  as  soon  as  practicable,  the  money  abstracts  to  the  bureau 
of  the  War  Department  to  which  the  accounts  appertain,  with  such 
remarks  as  may  be  necessary  to  explain  his  opinions  and  action 
thereon. 

952 ....  All  estimates  for  supjjlies  of  property  or  money  for  the  pub- 
lic service  within  a  department  shall  be  forwarded  through  the  com- 
mander of  the  department,  and  carefully  revised  by  him.  And  all 
such  estimates  shall  go  through  the  immediate  commander,  if  such 
there  be,  of  the  officer  rendering  the  estimate,  as  of  the  post  or  regi- 
ment, who  shall  be  required  by  the  department  commander  to  revise 
the  estimates  for  the  service  of  his  own  command. 

953.  . .  .The  admini.strative  control  exercised  by  department  com- 
manders shall,  when  troops  are  in  the  field,  devolve  on  the  command- 
ers of  divisions ;  or,  when  the  command  is  less  than  a  divison,  on  the 
commander  of  the  whole. 

954.  . .  .No  land  shall  be  purchased  for  the  United  States  except 
under  a  law  authorizing  such  purchase. 

955  ....  No  public  money  shall  be  expended  for  the  purchase  of  any 
land,  nor  for  erecting  armories,  arsenals,  forts,  fortifications,  or  other 
permanent  public  buildings,  until  the  written  opinion  of  the  Attorney- 


Quartermaster's  Department  123 

General  shall  be  had  in  favor  of  the  validity  of  the  title  to  the  land  or 
site,  nor,  if  the  land  be  within  any  state  of  the  United  States,  until  a 
cession  of  the  jurisdiction  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State. 

956 No  permanent  buildings  for  the  army,  as  barracks,  quar- 
ters, hospitals,  store-houses,  offices,  or  stables,  or  piers,  or  wharves, 
shall  be  erected  but  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  according 
to  the  plan  directed  by  him,  and  in  consequence  of  appropriations 
made  by  law.  And  no  alteration  shall  be  made  in  any  such  public 
building  without  authority  from  the  War  Department. 

957 ....  Comi)lete  title  papers,  with  full  and  exact  maps,  plans,  and 
drawings  of  the  public  lands  purchased,  appropriated,  or  designed  for 
permanent  military  fortifications,  will  be  collected,  recorded,  and  filed 
in  the  Bureau  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers ;  of  the  public  lands  appro- 
priated or  designated  for  armories,  arsenals,  and  ordnance  depots, 
will  be  collected,  recorded,  and  filed  in  the  Ordnance  Bureau ;  of  all 
other  land  belonging  to  the  United  States,  and  under  the  charge  of 
the  War  Department  for  barracks,  posts,  cantonments,  or  other  mili- 
tary uses,  will  be  collected,  recorded,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the 
Quartermaster-General  of  the  army. 

958. . . .  A  copy  of  the  survey  of  the  land  at  each  post,  fort,  arsenal, 
and  depot,  furnished  from  the  proper  bureau,  will  be  carefully  pre- 
served in  the  office  of  the  commanding  officer. 

ARTICLE  XLL 
quartermaster's  department. 

959. . .  .This  department  provides  the  quarters  and  transportation 
of  the  army ;  storage  and  transportation  for  all  army  supplies ;  army 
clothing ;  camp  and  garrison  equipage ;  cavalry  and  artillery  horses ; 
fuel ;  forage ;  straw,  and  stationery. 

960 The  incidental  expenses  of  the  army  paid  through  the 

Quartermaster's  Department  include  per  diem  to  extra-duty  men; 
postage  on  public  service;  the  expenses  of  courts-martial,  of  the  pur- 
suit and  apprehension  of  deserters,  of  the  burials  of  officers  and  sol- 
diers, of  hired  escorts,  of  expresses,  interpreters,  spies,  and  guides,  of 
veterinary  surgeons  and  medicines  for  horses,  and  of  supplying  posts 
with  water ;  and  generally  the  proper  and  authorized  expenses  for  the 
movements  and  operations  of  an  army  not  expressly  assigned  to  any 
other  department. 

BARRACKS   AND   QUARTERS. 

961 . . .  .Under  this  head  are  included  the  permanent  buildings  for 
the  use  of  the  army,  as  barracks,  quarters,  hospitals,  store-houses, 
offices,  stables. 


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Quartermaster's  Department. 


962 When  barracks  and  quarters  are  to  be  occupied,  they  will 

be  allotted  by  the  Quartermaster  at  the  station,  under  the  control  of 
the  commanding  officer. 

963. . .  .The  number  of  rooms  and  amount  of  fuel  for  officers  and 
men  are  as  follows : 


A  Major-General 

A  Brigadier-General  or  Colonel 

A  Lieutenant-Colonel  or  Major 

A  Captain  or  Chaplain 

Lieutenant 

Military  store-keeper 

The  General  commanding  the  army 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  division  or  department, 
an  assistant  or  deputy  Quartermaster-General 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment  or  post,  Quar- 
termaster, Assistant-Quartermaster,  or  Commissary 
of  Subsistence 

An  acting  Assistant-Quartermaster  when  approved  by 
the  Quartermaster-General 

Wagon  and  forage  master,  Sergeant-Major,  Ordnance 
Sergeant,  or  Quartermaster-Sergeant. 

£ach  non-commissioned  officer,  musician,  private,  of- 
ficer's servant,  and  washerwoman. 

tiach  necessary  fire  for  the  sick  in  hospital  to  be  reg- 
ulated by  the  surgeon  and  commanding  officer,  not 
exceeding 

Each  guard-fire  to  be  regulated  by  the  commanding 
officer,  not  exceeding 

A  commissary  or  quartermaster's  store-house  when 
necessary,  not  exceeding 

A  regiment  or  post  mess 

To  every  six  non-commissioned  officers,  musicians, 
and  privates,  servants  and  washerwomen,  225  square 
feet  of  room  north  of  38°  N.,  and  256  square  feet 
south  of  that  latitude. 


Rooms. 


Cords  of 
wood  per 
month.* 


»  Or  coal,  at  the  rate  of  1500  lbs.  anthracite,  or  80  bushels  bituminous  to  the  cord. 

964.  . .  .Merchantable  hard  wood  is  the  standard ;  the  cord  is  128 
cubic  feet. 

965.  . .  .No  officer  shall  occupy  more  than  his  proper  quarters,  ex- 
cept by  order  of  the  commanding  officer  when  there  is  an  excess  of 
quarters  at  the  station ;  which  order  the  quartermaster  shall  forward 


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to  the  Quartermaster-General,  to  be  laid  before  the  Secretary  of  War. 
But  the  amount  of  quarters  shall  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the  com- 
manding officer  when  the  number  of  officers  and  troops  make  it 
necessary  ;  and  when  the  public  buildings  are  not  sufficient  to  quar- 
ter the  troops,  the  commanding  officer  shall  report  to  the  commander 
of  the  department  for  authority  to  hire  quarters,  or  other  necessary 
orders  in  the  case.  The  department  commander  shall  report  the 
case,  and  his  orders  therein,  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

9G6.  . .  .A  mess-room,  and  fuel  for  it,  are  allowed  only  when  a  ma- 
jority of  the  officers  of  a  post  or  regiment  unite  in  a  mess  ;  never  to 
less  than  three  officers,  nor  to  any  who  live  in  hotels  or  boarding- 
houses.  Fuel  for  a  mess-room  shall  not  be  used  elsewhere,  or  for 
any  other  purpose. 

9G7.  . .  .Fuel  issued  to  officers  or  troops  is  public  property  for  their 
use  ;  what  they  do  not  actually  consume  shall  be  returned  to  the 
quartennaster  and  taken  up  on  his  quarterly  return. 

96^ ....  In  November,  December,  January,  and  February,  the  fuel 
is  increased  one  fourth  at  stations  from  the  39th  degree  to  the  43d 
degree  north  latitude,  and  one  third  at  stations  north  of  the  43d  degree. 

969 ....  Fuel  shall  be  issued  only  in  the  month  when  due. 

970. . .  .In  allotting  quarters,  officers  shall  have  choice  according  to 
rank,  but  the  commanding  officer  may  direct  the  officers  to  be  sta- 
tioned convenient  to  their  troops. 

971. .  ..An  officer  may  select  quarters  occupied  by  a  junior  ;  but, 
having  made  his  choice,  he  must  abide  by  it,  and  shall  not  again  at 
the  post  displace  a  junior,  unless  himself  displaced  by  a  senior. 

972. . .  .The  set  of  rooms  to  each  quarters  will  be  assigned  by  the 
quartermaster,  under  the  control  of  the  commanding  officer;  attics 
not  counted  as  rooms. 

973 Officers  can  not  choose  rooms  in  different  sets  of  quarters. 

974.  ...When  public  quarters  can  not  be  furnished  to  officers  at 
stations  without  troops,  or  to  enlisted  men  at  general  or  department 
head-quarters,  quarters  will  be  commuted  at  a  rate  fixed  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  and  fuel  at  the  market  price  delivered.  When  fuel 
and  quarters  are  commuted  to  an  officer  by  reason  of  his  employment 
on  a  civil  work,  the  commutation  shall  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  the  work.  No  commutation  of  rooms  or  fuel  is  allowed  for 
offices  or  messes. 

975 .  . .  .An  officer  is  not  deprived  of  his  quarters  and  fuel,  or  com- 
mutation, at  his  station,  by  temporary  absence  on  duty. 

976 ....  Officers  and  troops  in  the  field  are  not  entitled  to  commu- 
tation for  quarters  or  fuel. 


126  Quartermaster'^ s  Department, 

077. . .  .An  officer  arriving  at  a  station  shall  make  requisition  on 
the  quartermaster  for  his  quarters  and  fuel,  accompanied  by  a  copy 
of  the  order  putting  him  on  duty  at  the  station.  If  in  command  of 
troops,  his  requisition  shall  be  for  the  whole,  and  designate  the  num- 
ber of  officers  of  each  grade,  of  non-commissioned  officers,  soldiers, 
servants,  and  washerwomen. 

978.  . .  .Bunks,  benches,  and  tables  provided  for  soldiers'  barracks 
and  hospitals,  are  not  to  be  removed  from  them,  except  by  the  quar- 
termaster of  the  station,  or  order  of  the  commanding  officer,  and 
shall  not  be  removed  from  the  station  except  by  order  of  the  Quarter- 
master-General. 

979. . .  .The  furniture  for  each  office  will  be  two  common  desks  or 
tables,  six  common  chairs,  one  pair  common  andirons,  and  shovel  and 
tongs. 

980. . .  .Furniture  will  be  provided  for  officers'  quarters  when  spe- 
cial appropriations  for  that  purpose  are  made.  Sales  to  officers  of 
materials  for  furniture  may  be  made  at  cost,  at  posts  where  they  can 
not  be  other\yise  obtained. 

981. . .  .When  buildings  are  to  be  occupied  or  allotted,  an  inspec- 
tion of  them  shall  be  made  by  the  commanding  officer  and  quarter- 
master. Statements,  in  triplicate,  of  their  condition,  and  of  the  fix- 
tures and  furniture  in  each  room,  shall  be  made  by  the  quartermas- 
ter, and  revised  by  the  commanding  officer.  One  of  these  shall  be 
retained  by  the  commanding  officer,  one  by  the  quartermaster,  and 
the  third  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

982 Like  inspection  of  all  buildings  in  the  use  of  troops  will  be 

made  at  the  monthly  inspections  of  the  troops,  and  of  all  buildings 
which  have  been  in  the  use  of  officers  or  troops,  whenever  vacated  by 
them.  Damages  will  be  promptly  repaired  if  the  quartermaster  has 
the  means.  Commanding  officers  will  take  notice,  as  a  military  of- 
fense, of  any  neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of 
the  rooms  or  furniture  in  his  use  or  occupancy;  but  such  officer  or 
soldier  may  be  allowed  to  pay  the  cost  of  the  repairs  when  the  com- 
manding officer  deems  that  sufficient  in  the  case.  Commanding  offi- 
cers are  required  to  report  to  the  Quartermaster-General  their  pro- 
ceedings in  all  cases  of  neglect  under  this  regulation. 

-983 An  annual  inspection  of  the  public  buildings  at  the  several 

stations  shall  be  made  at  the  end  of  June  by  the  commanding  officer 
and  quartermaster,  and  then  the  quartermaster  shall  make  the  fol- 
lowing reports :  1st,  of  the  condition  and  capacity  of  the  buildings, 
and  of  the  additions,  alterations,  and  repairs  that  have  been  made 
during  the  past  year;  2d.  of  the  additions,  alterations,  and  repairs 
that  are  needed,  with  plans  and  estimates  in  detail. 


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127 


These  reports  the  commanding  officer  sliall  examine  and  forward, 
with  his  views,  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

984. . .  .Necessary  repairs  of  public  buildings,  not  provided  for  in 
the  appropriations,  can  only  be  made  by  the  labor  of  the  troops. 

985.  ...When  private  buildings  occupied  as  barracks  or  quarters, 
or  lands  occupied  for  encampments,  are  vacated,  the  commanding  of- 
ficer and  quartermaster  shall  make  an  inspection  of  them,  and  a  re- 
port to  the  Quartermaster-General  of  their  condition,  and  of  any  in- 
jury to  them  by  the  use  of  the  United  States. 

986 Military  posts  evacuated  by  the  troops,  and  lands  reserved 

for  military  use,  will  be  put  in  charge  of  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment, unless  otherwise  specially  ordered. 

ARMY   TRANSPORTATION. 

987 When  troops  are  moved,  or  officers  travel  with  escorts  or 

stores,  the  means  of  transport  provided  shall  be  for  the  whole  com- 
mand. Proper  orders  in  the  case,  and  an  exact  return  of  tlie  com- 
mand, including  officers'  servants  and  company  women,  will  be  fur- 
nished to  the  quartermaster  who  is  to  provide  the  transportation. 

988 ....  The  baggage  to  be  transported  is  limited  to  camp  and  gar- 
rison equipage,  ^nd  officers'  baggage.  Officers'  baggage  shall  not  ex- 
ceed (mess-chest  and  all  personal  effects  included)  as  follows : 


• 

In  the  field. 

Changing  stations. 

General  officers 

125  pounds. 
100       " 

80       '< 
80       " 

1000  pounds. 

800       " 

Field  officers 

Captains 

700      " 

Subalterns , 

600      " 

These  amounts  shall  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the  commanding  offi- 
cep-  when  necessary,  and  may  be  increased  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General  on  transports  by  water,  when  proper,  in  special  cases. 

989 ....  The  regimental  and  company  desk  prescribed  in  army  reg- 
ulations will  be  transported ;  also  for  staff  officers,  the  books,  papers, 
and  instruments  necessary  to  their  duties ;  and  for  medical  officers, 
their  medical  chest.  In  doubtful  cases  under  this  regulation,  and 
whenever  baggage  exceeds  the  regulated  allowance,  the  conductor  of 
the  train,  or  officer  in  charge  of  the  transportation,  will  report  to  the 
commanding  officer,  who  will  order  an  inspection,  and  all  excess  to 
be  rejected. 

990 Estimates  of  the  medical  director,  approved  by  the  com- 


128  Quartermaster^ s  Department. 

manding  officer,  for  the  necessary  transportation  to  be  provided  for 
the  hospital  service,  vrill  be  furnished  to  the  quartermaster. 

991. . .  .The  sick  will  be  transported  on  the  application  of  the  med- 
ical officers. 

992. . .  .Certified  invoices  of  all  public  stores  to  be  transported  will 
be  furnished  to  the  quartermaster  by  the  officer  having  charge  of 
them.  In  doubtful  cases,  the  orders  of  the  commanding  officer  will 
be  required. 

993 "Where  officers'  horses  are  to  be  transported,  it  must  be 

authorized  in  the  orders  for  the  movement. 

994.... The  baggage  trains,  ambulances,  and  all  the  means  of 
transport  continue  in  charge  of  the  proper  officers  of  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  under  the  control  of  the  commanding  officers. 

995 ....  In  all  cases  of  transportation,  whether  of  troops  or  stores, 
an  exact  return  of  the  amount  and  kind  of  transportation  employed 
will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster  to  the  Quartermaster  General,  ac- 
companied by  the  orders  for  the  movement,  a  return  of  the  troops,  and 
an  invoice  of  the  stores. 

996.  . .  .Wagons  and  their  equipments  for  the  transport  service  of 
the  ai-my  will  be  procured,  when  practicable,  from  the  Ordnance  De- 
partment, and  fabricated  in  the  government  establishments. 

997.... When  army  supplies  are  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster 
for  transportation,  each  package  shall  be  directed  and  its  contents 
marked  on  it ;  and  duplicate  invoices  and  receipts  in  bulk  will  be  ex- 
changed between  the  issuing  and  forwarding  officer. 

998 ....  On  transports,  cabin  passage  will  be  provided  for  officers, 
and  reasonable  and  proper  accommodation  for  the  troops,  and,  when 
possible,  a  separate  apartment  for  the  sick. 

999.... An  officer  who  travels  not  less  than  ten  miles  without 
troops,  escort,  or  military  stores,  and  tmder  special  orders  in  the  case 
from  a  superior,  or  a  summons  to  attend  a  military  court,  shall  receive 
ten  cents  mileage,  or,  if  he  prefer  it,  the  actual  cost  of  his  transporta- 
tion and  of  the  transportation  of  his  allowance  of  baggage  for  the 
whole  iourney,  provided  he  has  traveled  in  the  customary  reasonable 
manner.  Mileage  will  not  be  allowed  where  the  travel  is  by  govern- 
ment conveyances,  which  will  be  furnished  in  case  of  necessity. 

1000. . .  .If  the  journey  be  to  cash  treasury  drafts,  the  necessary 
and  actual  cost  of  transportation  only  will  be  allowed ;  and  the  ac- 
count must  describe  the  draft  and  state  its  amount,  and  set  out  the 
items  of  expense,  and  be  supported  by  a  certificate  that  the  journey 
was  necessary  to  procure  specie  for  the  draft  at  par. 

1001 If  an  officer  shall  travel  on  urgent  public  duty  without 


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orders,  he  shall  report  the  case  to  the  superior  who  had  authority  to 
order  the  journey ;  and  his  approval,  if  then  given,  shall  allow  the 
actual  cost  of  transportation.  Mileage  is  computed  by  the  shortest 
mail  route,  and  the  distance  by  the  General  Post-Office  book.  When 
the  distance  can  not  be  so  ascertained,  it  shall  be  reckoned  subject  to 
the  decision  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1002 ....  Orders  to  an  officer  on  leave  of  absence  to  rejoin  the  sta- 
tion or  troops  he  left,  will  not  carry  transportation. 

1003 ....  In  changes  of  station,  an  officer  entitled  to  mileage,  or 
actual  cost  of  transportation,  shall  be  entitled  to  actual  cost  of  trans- 
portation of  his  authorized  servants ;  and  in  other  cases  than  change 
of  station,  an  officer  entitled  to  transportation,  who,  from  wounds  or 
disability,  requires  and  takes  one  servant,  shall  be  entitled  to  the 
actual  cost  of  his  transportation. 

1004 ....  Citizens  receiving  military  appointments  join  their  stations 
without  expense  to  the  public. 

1005 ....  But  assistant  surgeons  approved  by  an  examining  board 
and  commissioned,  receive  transportation  in  the  execution  of  their 
first  order  to  duty,  and  graduates  of  the  Military  Academy  receive 
transportation  from  the  academy  to  their  stations. 

1006 ....  When  officers  are  permitted  to  exchange  stations,  the  pub- 
lic will  not  be  put  to  expense  of  transportation,  which  would  have 
befen  saved  if  such  exchange  had  not  been  permitted. 

1007 A  paymaster's  clerk  will  receive  the  actual  expenses  of 

his  transportation  while  traveling  under  orders  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty,  upon  his  affidavit  to  the  account  of  expenses,  and  the  certificate 
of  the  Paymaster  that  the  journey  was  on  duty. 

1008 ....  Travel  of  officers  on  business  of  civil  works  will  be  charged 
to  the  appropriation  for  the  work. 

1009.  . .  .No  officer  shall  have  orders  to  attend  personally  at  Wash- 
ington to  the  settlement  of  his  accounts,  except  by  order  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  on  the  report  of  the  bureau,  or  of  the  Treasury,  showing 
a  necessity  therefor. 


1010. . .  .The  forage  ration  is  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  twelve 
pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley. 

1011.  . .  .Forage  shall  be  issued  to  officers  only  in  the  month  when 
due,  and  at  their  proper  stations,  and  for  the  horses  actually  kept  by 
them  in  service,  not  exceeding  in  number  as  follows  :  In  time  of  war, 
Major-General,  seven  horses  ;  Brigadier-General,  five  ;  Colonels  who 
have  the  cavalry  allowance,  five  ;  other  Colonels,  four ;  Lieutenant- 

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130  Quartermaster's  Department, 

Colonels  and  Majors  who  have  the  cavalry  allowance,  four ;  other 
Lieutenant-Colonels  and  Majors,  three ;  Captains  who  have  the  cav- 
alry allowance,  three ;  all  other  officers  entitled  to  forage,  two ;  and 
in  time  of  peace,  general  and  field  officers,  three  horses  ;  officers  be- 
low the  rank  of  field  officers  in  the  regiments  of  dragoons,  cavalry, 
and  mounted  riflemen,  two  horses ;  all  other  officers  entitled  to  for- 
age, one  horse. 

1012.  ..  .No  officer  shall  sell  forage  issued  to  him.  Forage  issued 
to  public  horses  or  cattle  is  public  property  ;  what  they  do  not  actu- 
ally consume  to  be  properly  accounted  for. 

STRAW. 

1013.  . .  .In  barracks,  twelve  pounds  of  straw  per  month  for  bed- 
ding will  be  allowed  to  each  man,  servant,  and  company  woman. 

1014. . .  .The  allowance  and  change  of  straw  for  the  sick  is  regu- 
lated by  the  surgeon. 

1015.  . .  .One  hundred  pounds  per  month  is  allowed  for  bedding  to 
each  horse  in  public  service. 

1016.  ...At  posts  near  prairie  land  owned  by  the  United  States, 
hay  will  be  used  instead  of  straw,  and  provided  by  the  troops. 

Straw  not  actually  used  as  bedding  shall  be  accounted  for  as  other 
public  property. 


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Commander  of  an  army,  department,  or  division 
(what  may  be  necessary  for  himself  and  stati' 
for  their  public  duty). 

Commander  of  a  brigade,  for  himself  and  staif ...  : 

Officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  post  of  not 
less  than  five  companies,  for  himself  and  staff. 

Officer  commanding  a  post  of  more  than  two  and 
less  than  five  companies 

Commanding  officer  of  a  post  of  two  companies.. 

Commanding  officer  of  a  post  of  one  company  or 
less,  and  commanding  officer  of  a  company.. 

A  Lieutenant-Colonel  or  Major  not  in  command 
of  a  regiment  or  post 

Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's,  Pay,  and  Quar- 
termaster's Department  (the  prescribed  blank 
books  and  printed  forms,  and  the  stationery  re- 
quired for  their  public  duty). 

All  officers,  including  Chaplains,  not  enumerated 
above,  when  on  duty  and  not  supplied  by  their 
respective  departments : 


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Steel  pens,  with  one  holder  to  12  pens,  may  be  issued  in  place  of 
quills,  and  envelopes  in  place  of  envelope  paper,  at  the  rate  of  100  to 
the  quire. 

1018.  . .  .When  an  officer  is  relieved  in  command,  he  shall  transfer 
the  office  stationery  to  his  successor. 

1019.  . .  .To  each  office  table  is  allowed  one  inkstand,  one  stamp, 
one  paper-folder,  one  sand-box,  one  wafer-box,  and  as  many  lead 
pencils  as  may  be  required,  not  exceeding  four  per  annum. 

1020.  , .  .Necessary  stationery  for  military  courts  and  boards  will  be 
furnished  on  the  requisition  of  the  recorder,  approved  by  the  presid- 
ing officer. 

1021. ,  .  .The  commander  of  an  army,  department,  or  division,  may 


132  Quartermaster's  Departmmt 

direct  orders  to  be  printed,  when  the  requisite  dispatch  and  the  num- 
ber to  be  distributed  make  it  necessary.  The  necessity  will  be  set  out 
in  the  order  for  the  printing,  or  certified  on  the  account. 

1022 ....  Regimental,  company,  and  post  books,  and  printed  blanks 
for  the  officers  of  Quartermaster  and  Pay  Departments,  will  be  pro- 
cured by  timely  requisition  on  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1023 Printed  matter  procured  by  the  Quartermaster-General  for 

use  out  of  Washington  may  be  procured  elsewhere,  at  a  cost  not  to 
exceed  the  rates  prescribed  by  Congress  for  the  public  printing  in- 
creased by  the  cost  of  transportation. 

EXPENSES   or   COURTS-MARTIAL. 

1024.  . .  .An  officer  who  attends  a  general  court-martial  or  court  of 
inquiry,  convened  by  authority  competent  to  order  a  general  court- 
martial,  will  be  paid,  if  the  court  is  not  held  at  the  station  where  he 
is  at  the  time  serving,  one  dollar  a  day  while  attending  the  court 
and  traveling  to  and  from  it  if  entitled  to  fbrage,  and  one  dollar  and 
twenty-five  cents  a  day  if  not  entitled  to  forage. 

1025 ....  The  Judge  Advocate  or  Recorder  will  be  paid,  besides, 
a  per  diem  of  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  for  every  day  he  is 
necessarily  emj^loyed  in  the  duty  of  the  court.  When  it  is  necessary 
to  employ  a  clerk  to  aid  the  Judge  Advocate,  the  court  may  order  it ; 
a  soldier  to  be  procured  when  practicable. 

1026. . .  .A  citizen  witness  shall  be  paid  his  actual  transportation  or 
stage  fare,  and  three  dollars  a  day  while  attending  the  court  and  trav- 
eling to  and  from  it,  counting  the  travel  at  fifty  miles  a  day. 

1027.  . .  .The  certificate  of  the  Judge  Advocate  shall  be  evidence  of 
the  time  of  attendance  on  the  court,  and  of  the  time  he  was  neces- 
sarily employed  in  the  duty  of  the  court.  Of  the  time  occupied  in 
traveling,  each  ofiicer  will  make  his  o-wn  certificate. 

EXTRA-DUTY  MEN. 

1028. . .  .Duplicate  rolls  of  the  extra-duty  men,  to  be  paid  by  the 
Quartennaster's  Department,  will  be  made  monthly,  and  certified  by 
the  quartermaster,  or  other  ofiicer  having  charge  of  the  work,  and 
countersigned  by  the  commanding  ofiicer.  One  of  these  will  be  trans- 
mitted direct  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  and  the  other  filed  in 
support  of  the  pay-roll. 

rUBLIC   POSTAGE. 

1029.  . .  .Postage  and  dispatches  by  telegraph,  on  public  business, 
paid  by  an  officer,  will  be  refunded  to  him  on  his  certificate  to  the  ac- 


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133 


cofint,  and  to  the  necessity  of  the  communication  by  telegraph.  The 
amount  for  postage,  and  for  telegraph  dispatches,  will  be  stated  sep- 
arately. 

HORSES   FOR  MOUNTED   OFFICERS. 

1Q30 In  the  field,  or  on  the  frontier,  the  commanding  officer 

may  authorize  a  mounted  officer,  who  can  not  otherwise  provide  him- 
self with  two  horses,  to  take  them  from  the  pubhc  at  the  cost  pric^, 
when  it  can  be  ascertained,  and  when  not, .  at  a  fair  valuation,  to  be 
fixed  by  a  board  of  survey,  provided  he  shall  not  take  the  horse  of  any 
trooper.  A  horse  so  taken  shall  not  be  exchanged  or  returned. 
Horses  of  mounted  officers  shall  be  shod  by  the  public  farrier  or 
blacksmith. 


CLOTHING,  CAMP  AND  GARRISON  EQUIPAGE. 

1031. . .  .Supplies  of  clothing  and  camp  and  garrison  equipage  will 
be  sent  by  the  Quartermaster-General  from  the  general  depot  to  the 
officers  of  his  department  stationed  with  the  troops. 

1032. , .  .The  contents  of  each  package,  and  the  sizes  of  clothing  in 
it,  will  be  marked  on  it. 

1033 ....  The  receiving  quartermaster  will  gife  duplicate  receipts 
for  the  clothing  as  invoiced  to  him,  if  the  packages  as  received  and 
marked  agree  with  the  invoice,  and  appear  rightly  marked,  and  in 
good  order ;  if  othenvise,  an  inspection  will  be  made  by  a  board  of 
smTcy,  whose  report  in  case  of  damage  or  deficiency  will  be  trans- 
mitted, one  copy  to  the  Quartermaster-General  and  one  to  the  officer 
forwarding  the  supplies.  In  case  of  damage,  the  board  will  assess  the 
damage  to  each  article. 

1034: ....  ALLOWANCE    OF   CAMP  AND    GARRISON   EQUIPAGE. 


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1035 Bed-sacks  are  provided  for  troops  in  garrison,  and  iron 

pots  may  be  furnished  to  them  instead  of  camp  kettles.  Eequisitions 
will  be  sent  to  the  Quartermaster-General  for  the  authorized  flags, 
colors,  standards,  guidons,  dr-\ims,  fifes,  bugles,  and  trumpets. 


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Quartermasier'' s  Department 


ALLOWANCE    OF    CLOTHING. 

1036 A  soldier  is  allowed  the  uiiiforai  clothing  stated  in  the 

following  table,  or  articles  thereof  of  equal  value.  When  a  balance 
is  due  him  at  the  end  of  a  year,  it  is  added  to  his  allowance  for  the 
next : 


CLOTHING. 


FOB  FIVE  TEAKS. 


1st.    2d.    3d.    4th.  5tli. 


Cap,  complete 

Pompon 

Eagle  and  ring 

Cover 

Coat 

Trowsers 

riannel  shirt 

"       drawers 

Bootees,  *  pair 

Stockings,  pair 

Leather  stock 

Great-coat 

Stable-frock  (for  mounted  men) 

Fatigue  overalls  (fo^  eng'rs  and  ordnance) 
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6 

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13 

15 

11 

20 

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*  Mounted  men  may  receive  one  pair  of  "boots"  and  tico  pairs  of  "bootees"  in- 
stead of  four  pairs  of  bootees. 

1037.... One  sash  is  allowed  to  each  company  for  the  first  ser- 
geant, and  one  knapsack  with  straps,  haversack,  and  canteen  with 
straps,  to  each  enlisted  man.  These  and  the  metallic  scales,  letters, 
numbers,  castles,  shells,  and  flames,  and  the  camp  and  garrison  equi- 
page, wdll  not  be  returned  as  issued,  but  borne  on  the  return  while  fit 
for  service.  They  will  be  charged  to  the  person  in  whose  use  they 
are,  when  lost  or  destroyed  by  his  fault. 

1038 ....  Commanders  of  companies  draw  the  clothing  of  their 
men,  and  the  camp  and  garrison  equipage  for  the  officers  and  men 
of  their  company.  The  camp  and  garrison  equipage  of  other  officers 
is  draw^n  on  their  own  receipts. 

1039 ....  When  clothing  is  needed  for  issue  to  the  men,  the  com- 
pany commander  will  procure  it  from  the  quartermaster  on  requisi- 
tion, approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1040 ....  Ordinarily  the  company  commander  will  procure  and  issue 
clothing  to  his  men  twice  a  year ;  at  other  times,  when  necessary  in 
special  cases. 

1041.  . . .  Such  articles  of  clothing  as  the  soldier  may  need  will  be 


Quartermaster's  Department,  135 

issued  to  him.  When  the  issues  equal  in  value  his  allowance  for  the 
year,  further  issues  are  extra  issues,  to  be  charged  to  him  on  the  next 
muster-roll. 

1042 ....  The  money,  value  of  the  clothing,  and  of  each  article  of 
it,  will  be  ascertained  annually,  and  announced  in  orders  from  the 
War  Department. 

1043 Otficers  receiving  clothing,  or  camp  and  garrison  equi- 
page, Avill  render  quarterly  returns  of  it  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1044 Commanders  of  companies  will  take  the  receipts  of  their 

men  for  the  clothing  issued  to  them,  on  a  receipt  roll,  witnessed  by 
an  officer,  or  in  the  absence  of  an  officer,  by  a  non-commissioned  offi- 
cer ;  the  witness  to  be  witness  to  the  fact  of  the  issue  and  the  ac- 
knowledgment and  signature  of  the  soldier.  The  several  issues  to  a 
soldier  to  be  entered  separately  on  the  roll,  and  all  vacant  spaces  on 
the  roll  to  be  filled  with  a  cipher.  This  roll  is  the  voucher  for  the 
issue  to  the  quarterly  return  of  the  company  commander.  Extra 
issues  will  be  so  noted  on  the  roll. 

1045 ....  Each  soldier's  clothing  account  is  kept  by  the  company 
commander  in  a  company  book.  This  account  sets  out  only  the 
money  value  of  the  clothing  which  he  received  at  each  issue,  for 
which  his  receipt  is  entered  in  the  book,  and  witnessed  as  in  the  pre- 
ceding paragraph. 

1046.... When  a  soldier  is  transferred  or  detached,  the  amount, 
due  to  or  by  him  on  account  of  clothing  will  be  stated  on  his  descript- 
ive list. 

1047.  ...When  a  soldier  is  discharged,  the  amount  due  to  or  by 
him  for  clothing  will  be  stated  on  the  duplicate  certificates  given  for 
the  settlement  of  his  accounts. 

1048 . . .  .Deserters'  clothing  will  be  turned  into  store.  The  invoice 
of  it,  and  the  quartermaster's  receipt  for  it,  will  state  its  condition, 
and  the  name  of  the  deserter. 

1049 ....  The  inspection  report  on  damaged  clothing  shall  set  out, 
with  the  amount  of  damage  to  each  article,  a  list  of  such  articles  as 
are  fit  for  issue,  at  a  reduced  price  stated.  » 

1050 ....  Commanding  officers  may  order  necessary  issues  of  cloth- 
ing to  prisoners  and  convicts,  taking  deserters'  or  other  damaged 
clothing  when  there  is  such  in  store. 

1051.... In  all  cases  of  deficiency,  or  damage  of  any  article  of 
clothing,  or  camp  or  garrison  equipage,  the  officer  accountable  for  the 
property  is  required  by  law  "  to  show  by  one  or  more  depositions  set- 
ting forth  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  that  the  deficiency  was  by 
unavoidable  accident  or  loss  in  actual  sendee,  without  any  fault  on 


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136  Quartermaster's  Department. 

his  part,  and  in  case  of  damage,  that  due  care  and  attention  were  ex- 
erted on  his  part,  and  that  the  damage  did  not  result  from  neglect.'* 

PwETURNS   IN   THE    QUARTERMASTER'S   DEPARTMENT. 

1052.  . .  .AH  officers  and  agents  having  money  and  property  of  the 
Department  to  account  for,  are  required  to  make  the  monthly  and 
quarterly  returns  to  the  Quartermaster-General  prescribed  in  the  fol- 
lowing articles : 

1053 Monthly  returns,  to  be  transmitted  within  five  days  after 

the  month  to  which  they  relate,  viz. :  A  summary  statement  (Form  1) ; 
report  of  persons  and  things  (Form  2)  ;  roll  of  extra-duty  men  (Fonn 
3) ;  report  of  stores  for  transportation,  &c.  (Form  4) ;  return  of  ani- 
mals, wagons,  harness,  &c.  (Form  5)  ;  report  of  forage  (Fonn  6)  ;  re- 
port of  fuel  and  quarters  commuted  (Form  7) ;  report  of  pay  due 
(Form  8)  ;  an  estimate  of  funds  for  one  month  (Form  9)  will  be  sent 
with  the  monthly  returns.  It  will  be  for  the  current  month,  or  such 
subsequent  month  as  may  give  time  to  receive  the  remittance.  Other 
special  estimates  will  be  transmitted  when  necessary. 

1054 Quarterly  returns,  to  be  transmitted  within  twenty  days 

after  the  quarter  to  which  they  relate,  viz. :  An  account  current  of 
money  (Form  10),  with  abstracts  and  vouchers,  as  shown  in  Forms 
Nos.  11  to  22  ;  a  return  of  property  (Form  23),  with  abstracts  and 
vouchers,  as  shown  in  Forms  Nos.  24  to  45 ;  a  duplicate  of  the  prop- 
erty return  without  abstracts  or  vouchers  ;  and  a  quarterly  statement 
of  the  allowances  paid  to  officers  (Form  46). 

1055.  . .  .A  distinct  account  current  will  be  returned  of  money  re- 
ceived and  disbursed  under  the  appropriation  for  "  contingencies  of  the 
army."  (See  Forms  Nos.  47,  48,  and  22,  for  the  forms  of  the  account 
current,  abstracts,  and  vouchers.)  Kecessary  expenditures  by  the 
quartermaster  for  the  Medical  Department  are  entered  on  abstract 
C.  (See  Forms  49  and  50.)  The  account  will,  ordinarily,  be  trans- 
ferred from  "  army  contingencies"  to  the  appropriation  for  the  Medi- 
cal and  Hospital  Department,  in  the  Treasuiy. 

1056.  . .  .Igorms  51  and  52  are  the  foiTns  of  the  quarterly  returns  of 
clothing,  camp  and  garrison  equipage,  and  the  receipt  roll  of  issues  to 
soldiers. 

1057.  . .  ..When  persons  and  articles  hired  in  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  are  transferred,  a  descriptive  list  (Form  53)  will  be  for- 
warded with  them  to  the  quartermaster  to  whom  they  are  sent. 

1058, ..  .Officers  serving  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  will 
report  to  the  Quartermaster-General  useful  information  in  regard  to 
the  routes  and  means  of  transportation  and  of  supplies. 


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No.  2. 
Report  of  Persons  and  Articles  employed  and  hired  at  ■ 


Names 
of  persons 

and 
articles. 


House,  3  rooms 
Hou^e,  4  rooms 
House,  2  rooms 

Ship  Fanny 

Schr.  Heroine  . 
Wagon  &  team 
Chas.  James  . 
Isaac  Lowd  . . 
Peter  Keene  . 
John  Peters. . 
Thos.  Cross.. 


United  States 
Steam'  r Fashion 


Jas.  Corwin  . 
Geo.  Pratt. . . 
John  Paul. . . 


Designation 

and 
occupation. 


Quarters 
Store-hou^t 
Guard    "■ 
Transport 
Transport 


Clerk  . . 
Interpreter 
E^xpress . . . 
Blacksmitl 
Laborer.  . . 


Captain. . 
Engineer. 
Mate 


Service 

during  the 

month. 


Rate  of  hire 

or 

compensation. 


$40  00 

31  00 

10  Oi) 

22,000  00 

700  00 

100  00 

T5  00 

2  00 

40  00 

2  00 

20  00 


150  00 
100  00 
50  00 


Day, 

month, 

or 
voyage. 


Month. 
Month. 
Month. 
Voyage 
Month. 
Month. 
Month. 
Day  .. 
xMonth. 
Day  .. 
Month. 


Month. 
Month. 
Month. 


Date  of 

contract, 

agreement, 

or 

entry  into 

service. 

Julyl, 

1S50. 

Jec.  3, 

1S49. 

Dec.  3, 

1S4). 

May  3, 

1S50. 

June  4, 

185). 

Jan.  1, 

1850. 

Dec.  3, 

1S5'J. 

Ian.  T, 

1851. 

Jan.  T, 

1851. 

Jan.  1, 

1851. 

May  3, 

1850. 

Dec.  1, 

1850. 

Dec.  1, 

1S50. 

Dec.  1, 

1850. 

Amount  of  rent  and  hire  during  the  month. 


I  certify,  on  honor,  that  the  above  is  a  true  report  of  all  the  persons  and  articles 
tions  under  the  head  of  Remarks,  and  the  statement  of  amounts  due  and  remaining 
Examined. 

C.  D., 

Commanding. 


Quartermaster's  Department ....  Forms. 
No.  2. 
during  the  month  of ,  185     ^hy . 


139 


Remarks  showing  by  whom  the 

Time  and  amount  due  and 

of 

buildings  were  occupied,  and 
for  what  purpose,  and  how 

remaining  unpaid. 

By  whom 

pay 

in  the 

the  vessels  and  men  were  em- 
ployed during  the  month. 

owned. 

month. 

(Transfers  and  discharges  will 
be  noted  under  this  head.) 

From. 

To. 

Am't. 

1850. 

1851. 

A.  Byrne  . . 

$40  00 

Major  3d  Infantry 

Dec.  1.. 

Jan.  31.. 

$80  00 

J  as.  Black . 

29  00 

Subsistence  Store  and  Office. . . 

Dec.  3.. 

Jan.  31.. 

60  00 

Jas.  Black . 

10  00 

Companies  I  &  K,  3d  Infantry. 

.... 

G.  Wilkins. 

.... 

Transporting  stores  to  Benicia. 

Voyage 
1S51. 

not 
1851. 

com- 
pleted. 

T.  Browne. 

700  00 

Transporting  stores  to  Brazos  . 

Jan.  1 . . 

Jan.  31.. 

700  00 

Jas.  Barry . 

100  00 

75  00 
8  00 
7  74 

14  00 

Hauling  stores  to  San  Antonio . 

Quartermaster's  Office 

limployed  by  Com'ing  General 
Kxpress  to  Indianola 

Jan.  1.. 

Jan.  31.. 

100  00 

Shoeing  public  horses 

20  00 

Helping  blacksmith 

150  00 

>  Steamship  sent  to  Brazos  .  ) 

Julyl.. 

July  31.. 

150  00 

100  00 

July  1.. 

July  31.. 

100  00 

50  00 

Julyl.. 

July  31.. 

50  00 

1303  74 

Total  amount  due  and  remaining  unpaid 

1240  00 

employed  and  hired  by  me  during  the  month  of ,  185    ,  and  that  the  obsen-a- 

unpaid,  are  correct. 

K  F., 

Asst.  Qr.  Master. 


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No.  9. 

JEstimaie  of  Funds  i-equiredfor  the  service  of  the  Quartermaster'* s  Depart- 
ment at ,  by ,  in  the  month  of ,  185     . 


For  Fuel 

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Stationery 

Materials  for  building.  (State  what,  and  for 
what  purpose.) 

Hire  of  mechanics.     (State  for  what  work.)... 

Hire  of  laborers.     (State  for  what  service.) ... 

Hire  of  teamsters.     (State  on  what  service.).. 

Pay  of  extra-duty  men.     (State  for  what  work.) 

Pay  of  wagon  and  forage  masters 

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Horses  for  Company Dragoons 

Horses  for  Company Artillery,  &c.,  &c... 

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No.  23. 

QUARTERLY  RETURN  OF  QUARTERMASTER'S  STORES 

received^  issued,  and  remaining  on  hand  at ,  in  the  quarter  ending 

on  the of ,  185     . 

A.  B.,  Quartermaster. 


NOTE, 

The  property  on  this  return  (which  does  not  include  clothing,  camp 
and  garrison  equipage)  will  be  classed  as  follows ; 

1.  Fuel. 

2.  Forage. 

3.  Straw. 

4.  Stationery. 

5.  Barrack,  Hospital,  and  Office  Furniture. 

6.  Means  of  Transportation,  including  Harness,  &c. 

7.  Building  Materials. 

'  8.  Veterinary  Tools  and  Horse  Medicines. 

9.  Blacksmiths'  Tools. 

10.  Carpenters'  Tools. 

11.  Wheelwrights'  Tools. 

12.  Masons'  and  Bricklayers'  Tools. 

13.  Miscellaneous  Tools  for  Fatigue  and  Gparrison  purposes. 

14.  Stores  for  Expenditure,  such  as  Iron,  Steel,  Horse-shoes,  Rope, 

&c.,  &c.,  to  be  classed  alphabetically. 


162  Quartermaster'' s  Department, .  .  .Forms. 


No.  23. —  Quarterly  Return  of  Quartermaster" s  Stores,  received  and 

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I  certify,  on  honor,  that  the  foregoing  return  exhibits  a  true  and  correct  state- 
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termaster's Department,  during  the  quarter  ending  on  the of ,  185 

A.  B.,  Quartermaster. 


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Each  signature,  whether  written  by  the  soldier  or  acknowledged  hij 
Tmtrk,  must  be  witnessed. 

Vacant  space  will  be  filled  by  a  cipher. 

Mounted  men  may  receive  one  pair  of  "boots^'  and  tico  pairs  of  "boot- 
ees," in?teiid  of  four  pairs  of  bootees. 


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company  property,  in  the  same  manner  as  are  sashes,  knapsacks  and 
straps,  haversacks,  canteens  and  straps,  and  other  articles  of  camp  and 
garrison  equipage,  and  will  be  charged  to  the  soldier  only  when  lost 
or  destroyed  turough  neglect. 


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ARTICLE  XLII. 

SUBSISTENCE    DEPARTMENT. 
SUPPLIES. 

1059 ....  Subsistence  stores  for  the  army,  unless  in  particular  and 
urgent  cases  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  otherwise  direct,  shall  be  pro- 
cured by  contract,  to  be  made  by  the  Commissary-General  on  public 
notice,  to  be  delivered  on  inspection  in  the  bulk,  and  at  such  places 
as  shall  be  stipulated ;  the  inspector  to  give  duplicate  inspection  cer- 
tificates (see  Form  No.  15),  and  to  be  a  legal  inspector  where  there  is 
such  officer. 

lOGO ....  Purchases,  to  supply  such  corps  and  posts  as  by  reason  of 
their  position,  the  climate,  or  for  other  sufficient  cause  the  Secretary 
of  War  may  specially  direct  to  be  supplied  in  that  way,  will  be  made 
in  open  market,  on  public  notice,  from  the  lowest  bidder  who  pro- 
duces the  proper  article. 

1061.... And  whenever  a  deficiency  of  subsistence  stores  makes 
it  necessary  to  buy  them,  the  commissary,  where  they  are  needed,  will 
make  a  requisition  for  that  purpose  on  the  proper  purchasing  com- 
missary, or  buy  them  himself  of  good  quality  corresponding  with  the 
contract. 

1062. . .  .AVhen  subsistence  is  received  under  contract,  the  commis- 
sary will  receipt  for  it  on  the  inspection  certificates  (see  Form  No.  15). 
He  will  deliver  one  of  these  to  the  contractor,  and  forward  the  other 
to  the  Commissary-General,  with  a  report  on  the  quality  of  the  pro- 
visions and  the  condition  of  the  packages. 

1063.  . .  .Whenever  subsis^nce  stores  are  purchased,  the  advertise- 
ments  and  bids,  and  a  copy  of  the  bill  of  purchase,  with  a  statement 
of  the  cause  of  purchase,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  purchasing  officer 
to  the  Commissary-General.  This  rule  does  not  apply  to  the  ordinary 
purchase  of  hospital  supplies.  Pork,  salt  beef,  and  flour  must  be  in- 
spected before  purchase  by  a  legal  inspector  where  there  is  such  offi- 
cer. Duplicate  certificates  of  inspection  (see  Form  No.  15)  will  be 
taken  as  subvouchcrs  to  the  vouchers  for  the  payment. 

1064.  . .  .Fresh  beef,  when  it  can  be  procured,  shall  be  furnished 
as  often  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order,  at  least  twice  a  week, 
to  be  procured  by  the  commissary,  when  practicable,  by  contract. 
(For  form  of  contract  and  bond,  see  Forms  20  and  21.)  When  beef 
is  taken  on  the  hoof,  it  will  be  accounted  for  on  the  provision  return 
by  the  numlier  of  cattle  and  their  estimated  weight.     When  the  pas- 


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ture  is  insufficient,  hay,  corn,  and  other  forage  will  be  procured  fof 
public  cattle. 

1665.  . .  .Good  and  sufficient  store-room  for  the  subsistence  stores 
will  be  procured  by  the  commissary  from  the  quartermaster.  Care 
shall  be  taken  to  keep  the  store-rooms  dry  and  ventilated.  Packages 
shall  be  so  stored  as  to  allow  circulation  of  air  among  and  beneath 
them.     The  flour  should  occasionally  be  rolled  out  into  the  air. 

1066 ....  Before  submitting  damaged  commissary  stores  to  boards 
of  suiTey,  the  commissary  shall  separate  and  repack  sound  parts. 

1067. . .  .Wastage  on  issues,  or  from  evaporation  or  leakage,  will  be 
ascertained  quarterly,  or  when  it  can  be  most  conveniently ;  and  the 
actual  wastage  thus  found  will  be  charged  on  the  monthly  return. 
Loss,  from  Mhatever  cause,  exceeding  ordinary  waste,  must  be  ac- 
counted for  by  the  certificate  of  an  officer,  or  other  satisfactory  evi- 
dence. Ordinary  waste  on  issues  should  not  exceed,  say  10  per  cent, 
on  pork,  bacon,  sugar,  vinegar,  and  soap;  and  5  per  cent,  on  hard 
bread,  beans,  rice,  coffee,  and  salt. 

1068. . .  .No  wastage  is  admitted  on  issues  of  fresh  beef  furnished 
the  company,  detachment,  or  regim.ent  directly  from  the  butcher. 
But  in  beef  on  the  hoof,  eiTors  in  estimated  weight,  and  losses  on 
cattle  strayed  or  stolen,  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  certificate  of  an 
officer,  or  other  satisfactory  evidence.  Yfhen  cattle  are  transferred, 
they  should  be  appraised,  and  loss  in  weight  reported  as  wastage  by 
the  officer  delivering  them.  Fair  wastage  in  transportation  of  stores 
is  accounted  for  by  the  receiving  officer. 

THE   RATION. 

1069.  . .  .The  ration  is  three  fourths  of  a  pound  of  pork  or  bacon, 
or  one  and  a  fourth  pounds  of  fresh  or  salt  beef ;  eighteen  ounces  of 
bread  or  flour,  or  twelve  ounces  of  hard  bread,  or  one  and  a  fourth 
pounds  corn  meal ;  and  at  the  rate,  to  one  hundred  rations,  of  eight 
quarts  of  peas  or  beans,  or,  in  lieu  thereof,  ten  pounds  of  rice ;  six 
pounds  coffee  ;  twelve  pounds  sugar  ;  four  quarts  of  vinegar ;  one  and 
a  half  pounds  of  tallow,  or  one  and  a  fourth  pounds  adamantine,  or 
one  pound  sperm  candles ;  four  pounds  of  soap,  and  two  quarts  of  salt. 

1070 . . .  .The  annexed  table  shows  the  quantity  of  each  part  of  the 
ration  in  any  number  of  rations  from  one  to  ten  thousand. 

1071.  . .  .On  a  campaign,  or  on  marches,  or  on  board  of  transports, 
the  ration  of  hard  bread  is  one  pound. 

ISSUES. 

1072 ....  Eetnrns  for  issues  to  companies  will,  when  practicable,  be 


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consolidated  for  the  post  or  regiment  (see  Form  14).  At  the  end  of 
the  month,  the  issuing  commissary  will  make  duplicate  abstracts  of 
the  issues,  which  the  commanding  officer  will  compare  with  the  orig- 
inal returns,  and  certify  (see  Form  2).  This  abstract  is  a  voucher 
of  the  issue  for  the  monthly  return. 

1073. . .  .Issues  to  the  hospital  will  be  on  returns  by  the  medical 
officer,  for  such  provisions  only  as  are  actually  required  for  the  sick 
and  the  attendants.  The  cost  of  such  parts  of  the  ration  as  are  issued 
will  be  charged  to  the  hospital  at  contract  or  cost  prices,  and  the 
hospital  will  be  credited  by  the  whole  number  of  complete  rations  due 
through  the  month  at  contract  or  cost  prices  (see  Note  7) ;  the  bal- 
ance, constituting  the  Hospifal  Fund,  or  any  portion  of  it,  may  be  ex- 
pended by  the  commissary,  on  the  requisition  of  the  medical  officer, 
in  the  purchase  of  any  article  for  the  subsistence  or  comfort  of  the 
sick,  not  authorized  to  be  otherwise  furnished  (see  Form  3).  At 
large  depots  or  general  hospitals,  this  fund  may  be  partly  expended 
for  the  benefit  of  dependent  posts  or  detachments,  on  requisitions  ap- 
proved by  the  medical  director  or  senior  Surgeon  of  the  district.  On 
the  1st  of  January,  each  year,  one  fourth  of  every  hospital  fund  if 
less  than  $150,  and  one  half  if  more,  will  be  dropped  by  the  commis- 
sary from  the  fund  (Form  3),  and  will  be  paid  over  to  the  Treasurer 
of  the  Military  Asjdum  by  the  Commissary-General. 

1074.  ...The  articles  purchased  for  the  hospital,  as  well  as  those 
issued  from  the  subsistence  store-house,  will  be  included  in  the  Sur- 
geon's certificate  of  issues  to  the  hospital,  and  borne  on  the  monthly 
return  of  provisions  received  and  issued.  Vouchers  for  purchases  for 
the  hospital  must  either  be  certified  by  the  Surgeon  or  accompanied 
by  his  requisition. 

1075.  . .  .Abstracts  of  the  issues  to  the  hospital  will  be  made  by  the 
commissary,  certified  by  the  Surgeon,  and  countersigned  by  the  com- 
manding officer  (see  Form  3). 

1076.  ...In  order  that  the  authorized  women  of  companies  may 
draw  their  rations  while  temporarily  separated  from  their  companies, 
the  officer  commanding  the  company  must  make  a  report  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  post  where  tlie  women  may  be  left,  designating 
such  as  ai-e  to  draw  rations  as  attached  to  his  company.  Their  ra- 
tions are  not  commuted,  and  they  can  only  draw  them  at  a  military 
post  or  station  where  there  are  supplies. 

1077.  . .  .When  provisions  can  be  spared  from  the  military  supplies, 
commanding  officers  have  discretion  to  order  issues  to  Indians  visit- 
ing military  posts  on  the  frontiers,  or  in  their  respective  nations,  and 
to  order  sales  of  subsistence  to  Indian  agents  for  issues  to  Indians. 


208  Subsistence  Department, 

The  returns  for  issues,  where  there  is  no  Indian  agent,  will  be  signed 
by  the  commanding  officer.  The  sales  will  be  for  cash,  at  cost,  in- 
cluding all  expenses ;  to  be  entered  on  the  monthly  return,  and  cred- 
ited on  the  quarterly  account  current. 

1078.  ..  Issues  to  volunteers  and  imlitla.,  to  sailors^  to  marines,  to 
citizens  employed  by  any  of  the  departments,  or  to  Indians,  will  be  en- 
tered on  separate  abstracts  to  the  monthly  return. 

1079 .  . .  .An  extra  issue  of  fifteen  pounds  of  tallow  or  ten  of  sperm 
candles,  per  month,  may  be  made  to  the  principal  guard  of  each  camp 
and  garrison,  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer.  Extra  issues 
of  soap,  candles,  and  vinegar,  are  permitted  to- the  hospital  when  the 
Surgeon  does  not  avail  himself  of  the  Commutation  of  the  hospital 
rations,  or  when  there  is  no  hospital  fund;  salt  in  small  quantities 
may  be  issued  for  public  horses  and  cattle.  When  the  officers  of  the 
Medical  Department  find  anti-scorbutics  necessary  for  the  health  of 
the  troops,  the  commanding  officer  may  order  issues  of  fresh  vegeta- 
bles, pickled  onions,  sour  krout,  or  molasses,  with  an  extra  quantity 
of  rice  and  vinegar.  (Potatoes  are  usually  issued  at  the  rate  of  one 
pound  per  ration,  and  onions  at  the  rate  of  three  bushels  in  lieu  of 
one  of  beans.)  Occasional  issues  (extra)  of  molasses  are  made — two 
quarts  to  one  hundred  rations — and  of  dried  apples  of  from  one  to  one 
and  a  half  bushels  to  one  hundred  rations.  Troops  at  sea  are  recom- 
mended to  draw  rice  and  an  extra  issue  of  molasses  in  lieu  of  beans. 
When  anti-scorbutics  are  issued,  the  medical  officer  will  certify  the 
necessity,  and  the  circumstances  v/hich  cause  it,  upon  the  abstract  of 
extra  issues  (see  Form  4). 

1080 ....  When  men  leave  their  company,  the  rations  they  have 
drawn,  and  left  with  it,  will  be  deducted  from  the  next  return  for  the 
company ;  a  like  rule  when  men  are  discharged  from  the  hospital 
will  govern  the  hospital  return. 

EECRUITING    SERVICE. 

1081.  . .  .When  subsistence  can  not  be  issued  by  the  Commissariat 
to  recruiting  parties,  it  will  be  procured  by  the  officer  in  charge,  on 
written  contracts  for  complete  rations,  or  wholesome  board  and  lodg- 
ing (see  Form  19). 

1082 ....  The  contractor  will  send  monthly  or  quarterly,  as  he  may 
choose,  his  account  for  rations  issued,  to  the  Commissary-General  for 
payment,  vouched  by  the  abstract  of  issues  (Form  17)  certified  by  the 
officer. 

1083. . .  .When  convenience  and  economy  require  that  the  contract 
shall  be  for  board  and  lodging,  the  officer  in  charge  shall  estimate  the 


Subsistence  Department,  209 

cost  of  the  ration,  for  which  the  contractor  shall  be  paid  as  before  di- 
rected, and  shall  pay  the  amount  due  to  lodging  from  the  recruiting 
fund. 

1084 At  temporary  rendezvous,  advertising  may  be  dispensed 

with,  and  a  contract  made  conditioned  to  be  terminated  at  the  pleas- 
ure of  the  officer  or  the  Commissary-General. 

1085. . .  .The  recruiting  officer  will  be  required,  when  convenient, 
to  receive  and  disburse  the  funds  for  the  subsistence  of  his  party,  and 
to  render  his  accounts  quarterly  to  the  Commissary -General. 

1086. . .  .When  a  contract  can  not  be  made,  the  recruiting  officer 
may  pay  the  necessary  expenses  of  subsisting  and  boarding  his  party. 

1087.  . .  .The  expenses  of  subsistence  at  branch  rendezvous,  and  all 
expenses  of  advertising  for  proposals,  will  be  paid  by  the  contractor  at 
the  principal  station,  and  included  in  his  accounts. 

1088.  . .  .Issues  of  provisions  will  be  made  on  the  usual  provision 
returns,  and  board  will  be  furnished  on  a  return  showing  the  number 
of  the  party,  the  days,  and  dates. 

SUBSISTENCE   TO   OFFICERS. 

1089.... An  officer  may  draw  subsistence  stores,  paying  cash  for 
them  at  contract  or  cost  prices,  without  including  cost  of  tfl,nsporta- 
tion,  on  his  certificate  that  they  are  for  his  own  use  and  the  use  of  his 
family.  These  certified  lists  the  commanding  officer  shall  compare 
with  the  monthly  abstracts  of  sales,  which  he  shall  countersign  (see 
Form  5).  The  commissary  will  enter  the  sales  on  his  monthly  re- 
turn, and  credit  the  money  in  his  quarterly  account  current. 

BACK   RATIONS. 

1090. . .  .When  the  supplies  warrant  it,  back  rations  may  be  drawn, 
;  if  the  full  rations  could  not  have  been  issued  at  the  time ;  except 

when  soldiers  have  been  sufficiently  subsisted  in  lieu  of  the  ration. 
I-  The  return  for  back  rations  shall  set  out  the  facts,  and  the  precise 
'time  when  rations  were  not  issued,  or  the  troops  otherwise  sufficiently 

subsisted,  which  shall  appear  on  the  abstract  of  issues. 

COMMUTATION   OF   RATIONS. 

1091.  . .  .When  a  soldier  is  detached  on  duty,  and  it  is  impractica- 
,  ble  to  carry  his  subsistence  with  him,  it  will  be  commuted  at  seventy- 
five  cents  a  day,  to  be  paid  by  the  commissary  when  due,  or  in  ad- 
vance, on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer.     The  officer  detach- 
'  ing  the  soldier  will  certify,  on  the  voucher,  that  it  is  impracticable  for 
him  to  carry  his  rations,  and  the  voucher  will  show  on  its  face  the  na- 


210  Subsistence  Department 

tiire  and  extent  of  the  duty  the  soldier  was  ordered  to  perform  (see 
Form  18). 

1092. . .  .The  expenses  of  a  soldier  placed  temporarily  in  a  private 
hospital,  on  the  advice  of  the  senior  Surgeon  of  the  post  or  detach- 
ment, sanctioned  by  the  commanding  officer,  will  be  paid  by  the  Sub- 
sistence Department,  not  to  exceed  seventy-five  cents  a  day. 

1093 The  ration  of  a  soldier  stationed  in  a  city,  with  no  oppor- 
tunity of  messing,  will  be  commuted  at  forty  cents.  The  rations  of 
the  non-commissioned  regimental  staff  and  ordnance  sergeants,  when 
they  have  no  op])ortunity  of  messing,  and  of  soldiers  on  furlough,  or 
stationed  w^here  rations  can  not  be  issued  in  kind,  may  be  commuted 
at  the  cost  or  value  of  the  ration  at  the  post. 

1094.  . .  .When  a  soldier  on  duty  has  necessarily  paid  for  his  ov/n 
subsistence,  he  may  be  refunded  the  cost  of  the  ration.  When  more 
than  the  cost  of  the  ration  is  claimed,  the  account  must  be  submitted 
to  the  Commissaiy-General. 

EXTRA-DUTY   MEN. 

1095.  ...The  commanding  officer  will  detail  a  suitable  non-com- 
missioned officer  or  soldier  for  extra  duty,  under  the  orders  of  the 
commisJR-y,  and  to  be  exempt  from  ordinary  company  and  garrison 
duty.  All  extra-duty  men  employed  in  the  Commissariat  will  be 
paid  the  regulated  allowance  (see  Article  XXXIX.)  by  the  commis- 
sary, if  not  paid  extra  pay  in  any  other  department. 

1096. . .  .Barrels,  boxes,  hides,  &c.,  will  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds 
credited  in  the  quarterly  account  cvu-rent. 

ACCOUNTS. 

1097.  . .  .The  following  are  the  accounts  and  returns  to  be  render- 
ed to  the  Commissary-General : 

Monthly, 
Return  of  provisions  and  forage  received  and  issued  in  the 

month Form  1 

Abstracts  of  issues  to  troops,  &c.  (see  Paragraph  1078) "     2 

Abstract  of  issues  to  hospital "      3 

Abstract  of  extra  issues "      4 

Abstract  of  sales  to  officers "      5 

Distinct  abstracts  of  other  sales. 

Summary  statement  of  money  received  and  expended  during 

the  month "     G 


I 


Subsistence  Depar^tment  211 

Quarterly. 

Account  current Form  7 

Abstract  of  all  purchases  of  provisions  and  forage  during  the 

quarter "      8 

Abstract  of  all  expenditures  in  the  quarter,  except  for  pur- 
chase of  provisions,  and  forage  for  cattle  (Paragraph  1064)      "      9 

Consolidated  abstract  of  sales  to  officers  during  the  quarter...      *'    10 

Distinct  abstracts  of  other  sales. 

Estimate  of  funds  required  for  next  quarter "    11 

Quarterly  return  of  all  property  in  the  department,  except 

provisions,  and  forage  for  cattle *'    12 

1098 .  . .  .The  abstracts  of  issues  will  show  the  corps  or  detachment. 
When  abstracts  require  more  than  one  sheet,  tha  sheets  will  be  num- 
bered in  series,  and  not  pasted  together ;  the  total  at  the  foot  of  each 
carried  to  the  head  of  the  next,  &c.,  &c. 

1099.... All  lists  of  subsistence  shall  run  in  this  order:  meat, 
bread-stuff,  rice  and  beans,  coffee,  sugar,  vinegar,  candles,  soap,  salt, 
anti-scorbutics,  purchases  for  hospital,  forage  for  cattle. 

1100.  . .  .No  charge  for  printing  blanks,  as  forms,  will  be  allowed. 

1101 ...  .A  book  will  be  kept  by  the  commissary  at  each  post,  in 
which  will  be  entered  the  monthly  returns  of  provisions  received  and 
issued  (Form  1).  It  will  show  from  Avhom  the  purchases  have  been 
made,  and  whether  paid  for.  It  is  called  the  Commissary's  book,  and 
will  not  be  removed  from  the  post. 

1102. . .  .When  any  officer  in  the  Commissariat  is  relieved,  he  will 
close  his  property  accounts;  but  money  accounts  will  be  ke|it  open 
till  the  end  of  the  quarter,  unless  he  ceases  to  do  duty  in  the  depart- 
ment. 

1103.  ...Commissaries  of  subsistence  in  charge  of  principal  de- 
pots will  render  quarterly  statements  of  the  cost  and  quality  of  the 
ration,  in  all  its  parts,  at  their  stations. 


212  Subsistence  Department, 

NOTES. 

1.  Stores  longest  on  hand  will  be  issued  first. 

2.  Armorers,  carriage-makers,  and  blacksmiths,  of  the  Ordnance 
Department,  are  entitled  to  one  and  a  half  rations  per  day  ;  all  other 
enlisted  men,  one  ration.  Laundresses,  one  ration.  No  hired  per- 
son shall  araw  more  than  one  ration. 

3.  One  ration  a  day  may  be  issued  to  any  person  employed  with 
the  army,  when  the  terms  of  his  engagement  require  it,  or  on  paying 
the  full  cost  of  the  ration  when  he  can  not  otherwise  procure  food. 

4.  Lamps  and  oil  to  light  a  fort  or  garrison  arc  not  allowed  from 
the  Subsistence  Department. 

5.  In  purchasing  pork  for  the  southern  posts,  a  preference  will  be 
given  to  that  which  is  put  up  in  small  pieces,  say  from  four  to  si:^ 
pounds  each,  and  not  very  fat. 

6.  As  soldiers  are  expected  to  preserve,  distribute,  and  cook  tlieir 
own  subsistence,  the  hire  of  citizens  for  any  of  these  duties  is  not 
allowed,  except  in  extreme  cases.  The  expenses  of  bakeries  are  paid 
from  the  post  fund,  to  which  the  profits  accrue  by  regulations  (see 
Paragraph  190),  such  as  purchase  of  hops,  yeast,  furniture  ;  as  sieves, 
cloths,  <tc. ,  and  the  hire  of  bakers.  Orens  may  be  built  or  paid  for 
by  the  Subsistence  Department,  but  not  bake-houses. 

7.  Mode  of  ascertaining  the  hospital  ration  :  100  complete  rations 
consist  of,  say 

Cost. 

32  rations  of  fresh  beef,  is  40  lbs.  at  4  cents $1  60 

68       "  pork,  is  51  lbs.  at  6  cents 3  06 

100       "  flour,  is  112  lbs.  at  2  cents 2  25 

/'lOO       *'  beans,  is  8  quarts  at  4  cents 32-^ 

■^    or  [-  0  46 

(lOO       *'  rice,  is  10  lbs.  at  6  cents 6o) 

100       "  coffee,  is  6  lbs.  at  9  cents 0  54 

100       "  sugar,  is  12  lbs.  at  8  cents 0  96 

100       "  vinegar,  is  4  quarts  at  5  cents 0  20 

•    100       "  candles,  is  H  lbs.  at  12  cents 0  18 

100       "  soap,  is  4  lbs.  at  6  cents 0  24 

100       *'  salt,  is  2  quarts  at  3  cents 0  06 

Cost  of  one  hundred  rations .^9  55 

or  9  cents  5  mills  per  ration. 


FORMS. 


214 


Subsistence  Department ....  Forms, 


Form  1. 


Heturn  of  Provisions  received  and  issued  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  during  the 

of  Subsistence^ 


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Uapt.G.  T.  H.,  A.  C.  S.mil.  service. 

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Form  1. — Continued. 


215 


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enty-eight  rations  of  pork,  fi^-e  hundred  and  fifty-two  rations  of  fresh  beef,  fourteen  hundi.ed  and 
rice,  nine  hundred  and  thirty-four  rations  of  coffee,  sixteen  hundred  and  sixteen  rations  of  si'sar, 
tions  of  candles,  fifteen  hundred  and  thirty-two  rations  of  soap,  eijiht  hundrt  d  and  forty-eight 
to  two  dollars  an  1  seventy-eight  cents,  Avere  required  by  me  for,  and  issued  to,  the  sick ;  and  that 


Compared  with  returns  of  men  in  hospital,  and  found  correct. 


-,  Commanding. 


Subsistence  Department, . . , Forms.  219 

Form  3. — Continued. 

men  in  hospital  at  New  Orleans^  Louisiana^  under  the  charge  of 

Lieutenant  J,  T.  J.,  Sd  Infantry^  A.  C.  S. 


A  MONTHLY  STATEMENT  OP  THE  HOSPITAL  FUND. 


Dr.  To  balance  due  hospital  last  month 

1532  rations,  being  whole  amount  due  this  month,  at 
9^  cents  per  ration 145 


Cr.  By  the  following  provisions,  at  contract  prices 
283^    pounds  of  pork,  at  6  cents  per  pound. 
,  pounds  of  fresh  beef,  at  4  cents  per 

pound 

pounds  of  flour,  at  2  cents  per  pound 
pounds  of  hard  bread,  at  3^  cents  per 

pound 

pounds  of  rice,  at  6  cents  per  pound., 
pounds  of  coffee,  at  9  cents  per  pound 
pounds  of  sugar,  at  8  cents  per  pound 
quarts  of  vinegar,  at  5  cents  per  quart 
15^  pounds  of  candles,  at  12  cents   per 

poun  d 

pounds  of  soap,  at  6  cents  per  pound. 

quarts  of  salt,  at  3  cents  per  quart .... 

gallons  of  molasses,  at  28  cents  per 

gallon 


690 

1612i 
10 

70 

56 

193J 

17^- 


6U 
12 


PURCHASED. 


2  prs.  of  chickens,  at  87i  cts.  per  pr. 
4  quarts  of  milk,  at  7  cents  per  quart 

3  doz.  oranges,  at  25  cents  per  doz.. 


Total  expended 114 


27 
32 


112 


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60 
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35 
20 
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51 

85i 

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67i 
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78 


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returns  now  in  my  possession,  and  find  that  they  amount  to  three  hundred  and  sev- 
thirty-three  rations  of  flour,  ten  rations  of  hard  bread,  seven  hundred  rations  of 
four  hundred  and  forty-eight  rations  of  vinegar,  fifteen  hundred  and  thirty-two  ra- 
rations  of  salt,  and  twelve  gallons  of  molasses ;  and  that  the  purchases,  amounting 
the  rations  drawn  in  kind  were  actually  required  for  consumption  in  the  hospital. 


J.  C.  J.,  Asst  Surgeon  U.  S.  Army. 


(Duplicates.) 


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Form  19. 

Articles  of  Agreement  made  and  entered  into  this  day 

of  ,  anno  Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fiftv-         , 

between  ,  an  officer  in  the  United  States  army,  on  the 

one  part,  and  ,  of  the  county  of  ,  and  State 

of  ,  of  the  other  part. 

T/iis  Agreement  witnesseth,  that  the  said  ,  for  and  on 

behalf  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  the  said  heirs, 

executors,  and  administrators,  have  covenanted  and  agi-eed,  and  by 
these  presents  do  mutually  covenant  and  agree,  to  and  with  each 
other,  as  follows,  viz. : 

First.  That  tlie  said  heirs,  executors,  and  adminis- 

trators shall  supply,  or  cause  to  be  supplied  and  issued,  at  , 

all  the  rations,  to  consist  of  the  articles  hereinafter  specified,  that 
shall  be  required  for  the  use  of  the  United  States  recruits  stationed 
at  the  place  aforesaid,  commencing  on  the  day  of  , 

one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-         ,  and  ending  on  the 
of  '  ,  eighteen  hundred  and  ,  or  such  earlier 

day  as  the  Commissary  General  may  direct,  at  the  price  of 
cents  mills  for  each  complete  ration. 

Second.  That  the  ration  to  be  furnished  by  virtue  of  this  contract 
shall  consist  of  the  following  articles,  viz. ;  One  and  a  quarter  pounds 
of  fresh  beef,  or  three  quarters  of  a  pound  of  salted  pork,  eighteen 
ounces  of  bread  or  flour,  and  at  the  rate  of  eight  quarts  of  beans  or 
ten  pounds  of  rice,  six  pounds  of  coffee,  twelve  pounds  of  sugar,  four 
quarts  of  vinegar,  one  and  a  half  pounds  of  tallow,  or  one  pound  of 
sperm  candles,  four  pounds  of  soap,  and  two  quarts  of  salt,  to  every 
hundred  rations,  or  the  contractor  shall  furnish  the  men  with  good 
and  wholesome  board  and  lodgings  at  the  option  of  the  recruiting 
officer;  and  the  recruiting  party  shall  have  the  privilege  of  hanging 
out  a  flag  from  the  place  of  rendezvous. 

Third.  That  fresh  beef  shall  be  issued  at  least  twice  in  each  week, 
if  required  by  the  commanding  officer. 

Fourth.  It  is  clearly  understood  that  the  provisions  stipulated  to 
be  furnished  and  delivered  under  this  contract  shall  be  of  the  first 
quality. 

Fifth.  Should  any  difficulty  arise  respecting  the  quality  of  the  pro- 
visions stipulated  to  be  delivered  under  this  contract,  then  the  com- 
manding officer  is  to  appoint  a  disinterested  person,  to  meet  one  of 
the  same  description  to  be  appointed  by  the  contractor.  Tliese  two 
thus  appointed  will  have  power  to  decide  on  the  quality  of  the  pro- 


Subsistence  Department. . . , Forms,  235 

visions  ;  but  should  they  disagree,  then  a  third  person  is  to  be  chosen 
by  the  two  already  appointed,  the  whole  to  act  under  oath,  and  the 
opinion  of  the  majority  to  be  final  in  the  case. 
Witness^ 


Form  20. 

Articles  of  Agree3ient  made  this  day  of  , 

eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-  ,  between  ,  Assistant 

Commissary  of  Subsistence  in  the  senice  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  of  the  one  part,  and  ,  of  ,  in  the  State 

of  ,  of  the  other  part. 

This  Agreement  ivitnesseth,  that  the  said  ,  for  and  on 

behalf  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and  the  said  , 

for  himself,  his  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  have  mutually 
agreed,  and  by  these  presents  do  mutually  covenant  and  agree,  to  and 
with  each  other,  in  manner  following,  viz. : 

First.  That  the  said  shall  deliver  at  Jresh 

heefj  of  a  good  and  wholesome  quality,  in  quarters,  with  an  equal  pro- 
portion of  each  (necks  and  shanks  to  be  excluded),  in  such  quantities 
as  may  be  from  time  to  time  required  for  the  troops,  not  exceeding 
thrice  in  each  week,  on  such  days  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  As- 
sistant Commissary  of  Subsistence. 

This  contract  to  be  in  force  for  months,  or  such  less  time  as 

the  Commissary  General  may  direct,  commencing  on  the  day 

of  ,  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty- 

Second.  The  said  shall  receive  cents  and 

mills  per  pound  for  every  pound  oi  fresh  ^ee/*  delivered  and  accepted 
under  this  contract. 

Third.  Payment  shall  be  made  monthly  for  the  amount  of  fresh  beef 
furnished  under  this  contract ;  but  m  the  event  of  the  Assistant  Com- 
missary of  Subsistence  being  without  funds,  then  payment  to  be  made 
as  soon  after  as  funds  may  be  received  for  that  purpose. 

/'o!«'j|kThat  whenever  and  as  often  as  the  beef  specified  to  be  is- 
sued by  this  contract  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  commanding  officer, 
be  unfit  for  issue,  or  of  a  quality  inferior  to  that  required  by  the  con- 
tract, a  survey  shall  be  held  thereon  by  two  officers,  to  be  designated 
by  the  commanding  officer ;  and  in  case  of  disagreement,  a  third  per- 
son shall  be  chosen  by  those  two  officers;  the  three  thus  appointed 
and  chosen  shall  have  power  to  reject  such  parts  or  the  whole  of  the 
fresh  beef  as  to  them  appear  unfit  for  issue,  or  of  a  quality  inferior  to 
that  contracted  for. 


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Fifth.  That  in  case  of  failure  or  deficiency  in  the  quality  or  quan- 
tity of  the  fresh  beef  stipulated  to  be  delivered,  then  the  Assistant 
Commissary  of  Subsistence  shall  have  power  to  supply  the  deficiency 
by  purchase ;  and  the  said  will  be  charged  with  the  differ- 

ence of  cost. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  undersigned  have  hereunto  placed  their 
hands  and  seals,  the  day  and  date  above  written. 
Witnesses, 


Form  21. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  That  we,  and  , 

are  held  and  firmly  bound  to  the  United  States  of  America,  in  the 
sum  of  dollars,  lawful  money  of  the  United  States  ;  for 

which  payment  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves,  and  each 
of  us,  our  and  each  "of  our  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  for 
and  in  the  whole,  jointly  and  severally,  firmly  by  these  presents. 

Sealed  with  our  seals — dated  the  day  of  ,  in  the 

year  of  our  Lord  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty- 

T/ie  nature  of  this  obligation  is  such,  that  if  the  above  bounden 
heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  or  any  of  them,. shall  and  do  in 
all  things  well  and  truly  observe,  perform,  fulfill,  accomplish,  and 
keep,  all  and  singular  the  covenants,  conditions,  and  agreements  what- 
soever, which  on  the  part  of  the  said  heirs,  executors,  or  ad- 
ministrators, are  or  ought  to  be  observed,  performed,  fulfilled,  accom- 
plished, and  kept,  comprised  or  mentioned  in  certain  articles  of  agree- 
ment or  contract  bearing  date  ,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fifty-  ,  between  and  the  said  ,  con- 
cerning the  supply  and  delivery  of  fresh  beef  to  the  troops  at  , 
or  rations  to  recruits  at  ,  according  to  the  true  intent  and 
meaning  of  the  said  articles  of  agi-eement  or  contract,  then  the  above 
obligations  Xo  be  void ;  otherwise,  to  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 
Witnesses, 


MISCELLANEOUS  ITEMS. 

A  box,  24  by  16  inches  square,  and  22  inches  deep,  will  contain 
one  barrel,  or  10,752  cubic  inches. 

A  box,  16  by  16.8  inches  square,  and  8  inches  deep,  will  contain 
one  bushel,  or  2150.4  cubic  inches. 

A  box,  8  by  8.4  inches  square,  and  8  inches  deep,  will  contain  one 
peck,  or  537.6  cubic  inches. 


Suhsiatence  Department. 


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A  box,  7  by  4  inches  square,  and  4.8  inches  deep,  will  contain  a 
half  gallon,  or  131.4  cubic  inches. 

A  box,  4  by  4  inches  square,  and  4.2  inches  deep,  will  contain  one 
^uart,  or  67.2  inches. 

One  bushel  of  corn  weighs IjQ  pounds. 


wheat     *'      

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buckwheat  weighs  . 

barley  *' 

oats  *' 

beans  " 

potatoes  " 

onions  " 


60 

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52 

48 

40 

60 

60 

57 

dried  peaches  " 33 

dried  apples      " 22 

salt  "      50 

Ten  gallons  pickled  onions  weigh 83 

"  sour  krout  "     81 


238 


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TABLE    SHOWING    THE    QUANTITY    IN   BULK    OP 


PORK. 

BEEF. 

FLOUB. 

BEANS. 

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1.02 

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4.8 

2.88 

4 

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5 

4 

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2.56 

6.4 

3.84 

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5.76 

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12 

7 

14 

4.48 

11.2 

6.72 

8 

6 

10 

9 

5.12 

12.8 

7.68 

9 

6 

12 

11 

4 

10 

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5.76 

14.4 

8.64 

10 

7 

8 

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20 

15 

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12.80 

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100,000 

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10,000 

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ANY  NUMBER  OF  RATIONS,  FROM  1  TO  100,000. 


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5.76 
7.68 
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0.32 
0.64 
0.96 
1.28 
1.60 
1.92 
2.24 
2.56 
2.88 
3.20 
6.40 
1.60 
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6.40 
1.60 
4.80 

1 
1 
1 

15 

150 
1,500 

0.24 

0.48 
0.72 
0.96 
1.20 
1.44 
1.68 
1.92 
2.16 
2.40 
4.80 
7.20 
9.60 
12.00 
14.40 
0.80 
3.20 
5.60 
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4.48 
5.12 
5.76 
6.40 
12.80 
3.20 
9.60 

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3.20 
9.60 

0.16 
0.32 
0.48 
0  64 

0.80 

0  96 

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1  12 

15.36 

1  28 

1    1.28 

1.44 

1    3.20 

1  60 

2    6.40 

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3    9.60 

1 
1 
2 
2 
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8 
3 

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4  12.80 

6.40 

6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
12 

62 

2 

20 

8 
16 

3.20 
6.40 
9.60 

12.80 

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100 

1,000 

1.60 
3.20 

4.80 
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242  Medical  Department. 

ARTICLE  XLIII. 

MEDICAL     DEPARTMENT. 

1104. . .  .The  medical  supplies  for  the  army  are  prescribed  in  the 
standard  supply  table. 

1105.  ...The  senior  medical  officer  of  each  hospital  or  post  will 
make  requisitions  for  the  supplies  required  for  the  ensuing  year,  in 
duplicate  (Form  1),  on  the  Surgeon-General,  who  will  transmit  them, 
with  his  instructions,  to  the  medical  purveyors.  The  requisitions  will 
be  made  on  the  30th  June  for  the  posts  on  the  upper  lakes,  on  the 
upper  Mississippi,  and  west  of  that  river ;  for  other  posts,  on  the  30th 
September.  Good  vaccine  matter  will  be  kept  on  hand  by  timely  req- 
uisition on  the  Surgeon-General. 

1106.  ...Medical  purveyors  will  furnish  medical  supplies  only  on 
the  order  of  the  Surgeon-General,  or  on  a  special  requisition  (Form  2) 
approved  by  a  medical  director,  or,  in  particular  and  urgent  cases,  by 
a  commanding  officer ;  a  like  authority  will  be  required  in  transfers 
of  medical  supplies. 

1107.  ...When  it  is  necessary  to  purchase  medical  supplies,  and 
recourse  can  not  be  had  to  a  medical  disbursing  officer,  they  may  be 
procured  by  the  quartermaster  on  a  special  requisition  (Form  2)  and 
account  (Form  3). 

1108. . .  .\Yhen  any  requisition  for  medical  supplies  is  not  accord- 
ing to  the  supply  table,  the  reason  therefor  must  be  set  out. 

1109. . .  .In  every  case  of  special  requisition,  a  duplicate  of  the  req- 
niaition  shall,  at  the  same  time,  be  transmitted  to  the  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral. 

1110. . .  .Medical  purveyors  will  make  to  the  Surgeon- General,  at 
the  end  of  each  fiscal  quarterj  returns  in  duplicate  (Form  4)  of  medi- 
cal supplies  received,  issued,  and  remaining  on  hand,  stating  to  whom 
or  from  whom,  and  where  issued  or  received ;  other  medical  officers 
in  charge  of  medical  supplies  make  similar  returns  of  them  annually, 
on  the  31st  December;  and  all  officers  when  relieved  from  the  duty 
to  which  their  returns  relate.  The  returns  will  show  the  condition 
of  the  stores,  and  particularly  of  the  instruments,  bedding,  and  fur- 
niture. 

11 11.... An  officer  transferring  medical  supplies  will  furnish  a 
certified  invoice  to  the  officer  who  is  to  receive  them,  and  transmit  a 
duplicate  of  it  to  the  Surgeon-General.  The  receiving  officer  will 
transmit  duplicate  receipts  to  the  Surgeon-General,  with  a  report  of 
the  quality  and  condition  of  the  supplies,  and  report  the  same  to  the 
issuing  officer.    A  medical  officer  who  turns  over  medical  supplies  to 


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Medical  Department.  ^43 

a  quartermaster  for  storage  or  transportation,  will  forward  to  the 
Surgeon-General,  with  the  invoice,  the  quartermaster's  receipt  for  the 
packages. 

1112.  . .  .Medical  officers  will  take  up  and  account  for  all  medical 
supplies  of  the  army  that  come  into  their  possession,  and  report,  when 
they  know  it,  to  whose  account  they  are  to  be  credited. 

1113.  ..  .In  all  official  lists  of  medical  supplies  the  articles  will  be 
entered  in  the  order  of  the  supply  table. 

IIU.  . .  .]Medical  disbursing  officers  will,  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal 
quarter,  render  to  the  Surgeon-General,  in  duplicate,  a  quarterly  ac- 
count current  of  moneys  received  and  expended,  with  the  proper 
vouchei*s  for  the  payments,  and  certificates  that  the  services  have 
been  rendered,  and  the  supplies  purchased  and  received  for  the  med- 
ical service,  and  transmit  to  him  an  estimate  of  the  funds  required 
for  the  next  quarter. 

1115. . .  .The  senior  medical  officer  of  a  hospital  will  distribute  the 
patients,  according  to  convenience  and  the  nature  of  their  com- 
plaints, into  wards  or  divisions,  under  the  particular  charge  of  the 
several  assistant  surgeons,  and  will  visit  them  himself  each  day,  as 
frequently  as  the  state  of  the  sick  may  require,  accompanied  by  the 
assistant,  ward -master,  and  nurse. 

lUG. . .  .His  prescriptions  of  medicine  and  diet  are  written  down 
at  once  in  the  proper  register,  with  the  name  of  the  patient  and  the 
number  of  his  bed ;  the  assistants  fill  up  the  diet  table  for  the  day, 
and  direct  the  administration  of  the  prescribed  medicines.  He  will 
detail  an  assistant  surgeon  to  remain  at  the  hospital  day  and  night, 
when  the  state  of  the  sick  requires  it. 

1117. ..  .In  distributing  the  duties  of  his  assistants,  he  will  ordina- 
rily require  the  aid  of  one  in  the  care  and  preparation  of  the  hospital 
reports,  registers,  and  records,  the  rolls,  and  descriptive  lists ;  and  of 
another  in  the  charge  of  the  dispensaiy,  instruments,  medicines,  hos- 
pital expenditures,  and  the  preparation  of  the  requisitions  and  annual 
returns. 

1118.  . .  .He  will  enforce  the  proper  hospital  regulations  to  promote 
health  and  prevent  contagion,  by  ventilated  and  not  crowded  rooms, 
scrupulous  cleanliness,  frequent  changes  of  bedding,  linen,  &c. 

1119.  . .  .He  will  require  the  steward  to  take  due  care  of  the  hospi- 
tal stores  and  supplies  ;  to  enter  in  a  book,  daily  (Form  5),  the  issues 
to  the  ward-masters,  cooks,  and  nurses  ;  to  prepare  the  provision  re- 
turns, and  receive  and  distribute  the  rations. 

1120 He  will  require  the  ward-master  to  take  charge  of  the 

effects  of  the  patients  ;  to  register  them  in  a  book  (Form  6)  ;  to  have 


244  Medical  Department 

them  numbered  and  labeled  with  the  patient's  name,  rank,  and  com- 
pany ;  to  receive  from  the  steward  the  furniture,  bedding,  cooking 
utensils,  «&c.,  for  use,  and  keep  a  record  of  them  (Form  7),  and  how 
distributed  to  the  wards  and  kitchens ;  and  once  a  week  to  take 
an  inventory  of  the  articles  in  use,  and  report  to  him  any  loss  or 
damage  to  them,  and  to  return  to  the  steward  what  are  not  required 
for  use. 

1121,  . .  .The  cooks  and  nurses  are  under  the  orders  of  the  ward- 
master  ;  he  is  responsible  for  the  cleanliness  of  the  wards  and  kitch- 
ens, patients  and  attendants,  and  all  articles  in  use.  He  will  ascer- 
tain who  are  present  at  sunrise,  and  sunset,  and  tattoo,  and  report  ab- 
sentees. 

1122. ..  .At  surgeon's  call  the  sick  then  in  the  companies  will  be 
conducted  to  the  hospital  by  the  first  sergeants,  who  will  each  hand 
to  the  surgeon,  in  his  company  book,  a  list  of  all  the  sick  of  the  com- 
pany, on  which  the  surgeon  shall  state  who  are  to  remain  or  go  into 
hospital ;  who  are  to  return  to  quarters  as  sick  or  convalescent  ; 
what  duties  the  convalescents  in  quarters  are  capable  of ;  what  cases 
are  feigned ;  and  any  other  information  in  regard  to  the  sick  of  the 
company  he  may  have  to  communicate  to  the  company  commander. 

1123  . .  .Soldiers  in  hospital,  patients,  or  attendants,  except  stew- 
ards, shall  be  mustered  on  the  rolls  of  their  company,  if  it  be  present 
at  the  post. 

1124. . .  .When  a  soldier  in  hospital  is  detached  from  his  company 
so  as  not  to  be  mustered  with  it  for  pay,  his  company  commander 
shall  certify  and  send  to  the  hospital  his  descriptive  list,  and  account 
of  pay  and  clothing,  containing  all  necessary  information  relating  to 
his  accounts  with  the  United  States,  on  which  the  surgeon  shall  enter 
all  payments,  stoppages,  and  issues  of  clothing  to  him  in  hospital. 
When  he  leaves  the  hospital,  the  medical  officer  shall  certify  and  re- 
mit his  descriptive  list  showing  the  state  of  his  accounts.  If  he  is 
discharged  from  the  service  in  hospital,  the  surgeon  shall  make  out 
his  final  statements  for  pay  and  clothing.  If  he  dies  in  hospital,  the 
surgeon  shall  take  charge  of  his  effects,  and  make  the  reports  re- 
quired in  the  general  regulations  concerning  soldiers  who  die  absent 
from  their  companies. 

1125.  . .  .Patients  in  hospital  are,  if  possible,  to  leave  their  arms 
and  accoutrements  with  their  companies,  and  in  no  case  to  take  am- 
munition into  the  hospital. 

1126.  . .  .When  a  patient  is  transferred  from  one  hospital  to  an- 
other, the  medical  officer  shall  send  with  him  an  account  of  his  case, 
and  the  treatment. 


Medical  Department.  245 

1127 The  regulations  for  the  service  of  hospitals  apply,  as  far 

as  practicable,  to  the  medical  service  in  the  field. 

1128 The  senior  medical  officer  of  each  hospital,  post,  regi- 
ment, or  detachment,  will  keep  the  following  records,  and  deliver 
them  to  his  successor :  a  register  of  patients  (Form  8) ;  a  prescrip- 
tion book  (Form  9)  ;  a  diet  book  (Form  9) ;  a  case  book ;  a  mete- 
orological register  (Form  10) ;  copies  of  his  requisitions,  annual  re- 
turns, and  quarterly  reports  of  sick  and  wounded  j  and  an  order  and 
letter  book,  in  which  will  be  transcribed  all  orders  and  letters  relat- 
ing to  his  duties. 

1129 He  will  make  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  of  the  hospital 

steward  and  matrons,  and  of  all  soldiers  in  hospital,  sick,  or  on  duty, 
detached  from  their  companies,  on  the  forms  furnished  from  the  Ad- 
jutant-General's office,  and  according  to  the  directions  expressed  on 
them. 

1130.  . .  .He  will  make  the  rolls  of  the  cooks  and  nurses  for  extra- 
duty  pay,  which  will  be  paid  by  the  quartermaster,  in  the  absence  of 
a  medical  disbursing  officer,  as  in  other  cases  of  expenditures  for  the 
medical  department  (Form  11). 

1131 He  will  select  the  cooks,  nurses,  and  matrons,  with  the 

approval  of  the  commanding  officer.  Cooks  and  nurses  will  be  taken 
from  the  privates,  and  will  be  exempt  from  other  duty,  but  shall  at- 
tend the  parades  for  muster  and  weekly  inspections  of  their  compa- 
nies at  the  post,  unless  specially  excused  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1132.  . .  .Ordinarily,  hospital  attendants  are  allowed  as  follows  :  to 
a  general  hospital,  one  steward,  one  nurse  as  ward-master,  one  nurse 
to  ten  patients,  one  matron  to  twenty,  and  one  cook  to  thirty ;  to  a 
hospital  where  the  command  exceeds  five  companies,  one  steward 
and  ward-master,  one  cook,  two  matrons,  and  four  nurses ;  to  a  post 
or  garrison  of  one  company,  one  steward  and  ward-master,  one  nurse, 
one  cook,  and  one  matron ;  and  for  every  two  companies  more,  one 
nurse  ;  at  arsenals  where  the  number  of  enlisted  men  is  not  less  than 
fourteen,  one  matron  is  allowed. 

1133 Medical  officers,  where  on  duty,  will  attend  the  officers 

and  enlisted  men,  and  the  servants  and  laundresses  authorized  by  law ; 
and  at  stations  where  other  medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured, 
and  on  marches,  the  hired  men  of  the  army,  and  the  families  of 
officers  and  soldiers.  Medicines  will  be  dispensed  to  all  persons  enti- 
tled to  medical  attendance ;  hospital  stores  to  enlisted  men.  \ 

1134.  . .  .Medical  officers,  in  giving  certificates  of  disability  (Form 
12),  are  to  take  particular  care  in  all  cases  that  have  not  been  under 
their  charge;  and  especially  in  epilepsy,  convulsions,  chronic  rheu- 


246  Medical  Department. 

matism,  derangement  of  the  urinary  organs,  ophthalmia,  ulcers,  or 
any  obscure  disease  liable  to  be  feigned  or  purposely  produced ;  and 
in  no  case  shall  such  certificate  be  given  imtil  after  sufficient  time 
and  examination  to  detect  any  attempt  at  deception. 

1135.  ..  .In  passing  a  recruit  the  medical  officer  is  to  examine  him 
stripped ;  to  see  that  he  has  free  use  of  all  his  limbs ;  that  his  chest 
is  ample ;  that  his  hearing,  vision,  and  speech  are  perfect ;  that  he 
has  no  tumors,  or  ulcerated  or  extensively  cicatrized  legs  ;  no  rupture 
or  chronic  cutaneous  affection ;  that  he  has  not  received  any  contu- 
sion, or  wound  of  the  head,  that  may  impair  his  faculties ;  that  he  is 
not  a  drunkard ;  is  not  subject  to  convulsions ;  and  has  no  infectious 
disorder,  nor  any  other  that  may  unfit  him  for  military  service. 

1136.  . .  .Medical  officers  attending  recruiting  rendezvous  will  keep 
a  record  (Form  1 3)  of  all  the  recruits  examined  by  them.  Books  for 
this  purpose  will  be  procured  by  application  to  the  Surgeon-General, 
to  whom  they  will  be  returned  when  filled. 

11 37.... As  soon  as  a  recruit  joins  any  regiment  or  station,  he 
shall  be  examined  by  the  medical  officer,  and  vaccinated  when  it  is 
required. 

1138 . . .  .The  senior  medical  officer  of  each  hospital,  post,  regiment, 
or  detachment,  will  m:;ke  monthly  to  the  medical  director,  and  quar-r 
terly  to  the  Surgeon- General,  a  report  of  sick  and  wounded,  and  of 
deaths,  and  of  certificates  for  discharge  for  disability  (Form  14),  and 
transmit  to  him  monthly  a  copy  of  the  meteorological  register  (Form 
10),  and  a  copy  of  the  *' statement  of  the  hospital  fund"  (Form  18). 

1139.  . .  .After  surgeon's  call,  he  will  make  a  morning  report  of  the 
sick  to  the  commanding  officer  (Form  15). 

1140.  . .  .Every  medical  officer  will  report  to  the  Surgeon-General 
and  to  the  medical  director  the  date  when  he  arrives  at  a  station,  or 
when  he  leaves  it,  and  his  orders  in  the  case,  and  at  the  end  of  each 
month  whenever  not  at  his  station,  whether  on  service  or  on  leave  of 
absence,  and  when  on  leave  of  absence  his  post-office  address  for  the 
next  month. 

1 141 ....  The  medical  director  will  make  to  the  Surgeon-General  a 
monthly  return  of  the  medical  officers  of  the  command  (Form  16), 
and  a  consolidated  monthly  report  of  the  sick  and  wounded  (Form  14) 
from  the  several  reports  made  him. 

1142.  ...When  it  is  necessary  to  employ  a  private  physician  as 
medical  officer,  the  commanding  officer  may  do  it  by  written  contract, 
conditioned  as  in  Form  17,  at  a  stated  compensation  not  to  exceed 
$50  a  month  when  the  number  of  officers  and  men,  with  authorized 
servants  and  laundresses,  is  100  or  more ;  f  40  when  it  is  from  50  to 
100,  and  ^30  when  it  is  under  50. 


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1143 But  when  he  is  required  to  abandon  his  own  business,  and 

give  his  whole  time  to  the  public  service,  the  contract  may  be  not  to 
exceed  $80  a  month ;  and  not  to  exceed  $100,  besides  transportation 
in  kind,  to  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  where  he 
is  required  to  accompany  troops  on  marches  or  transports.  But  a 
private  physician  will  not  be  emjiloyed  to  accompany  troops  on 
marches  or  transports,  except  by  orders  from  the  War  Department, 
or  in  particular  and  urgent  cases  by  the  order  of  the  officer  directing 
the  movement,  when  a  particidar  statement  of  the  circumstances 
which  make  it  necessary  will  be  appended  to  the  contract. 

1144. .  ..And  when  a  private  physician  is  required  to  furnish  med- 
icines, he  will  be  allowed,  besides  the  liquidated  pay,  from  25  to  50 
per  cent,  on  it,  to  be  determined  by  the  Surgeon-General. 

1145 .  . .  .In  all  cases,  a  duplicate  of  the  contract  will  be  transmitted 
forthwith  by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  Surgeon-General,  and  the 
commanding  officer  for  the  time  being  will  at  once  discontinue  it, 
whenever  the  necessity  for  it  ceases,  or  the  Surgeon-General  may  so 
dirept. 

1146 The  physician's  account  of  pay  due  must  be  sent  to  the 

Surgeon-General  for  payment,  vouched  by  the  certificate  of  the  com- 
manding officer  that  it  is  correct  and  agreeable  to  contract,  and  that 
the  services  have  been  duly  rendered.  But  when  it  can  not  conven- 
iently be  submitted  to  the  Surgeon-General  from  the  frontier  or  the 
field,  it  may  be  paid  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer,  not  to 
exceed  the  regulated  amount,  by  a  medical  disbursing  officer,  or  a 
quartermaster. 

1147. ..  .When  medical  attendance  is  required  by  officers  or  en- 
listed men  on  service,  or  for  the  authorized  servants  of  such  officers, 
and  the  attendance  of  a  medical  officer  can  not  be  had,  the  officer,  or, 
if  there  be  no  officer,  then  the  enlisted  man,  may  employ  a  private 
physician,  and  a  just  account  therefor  will  be  paid  by  the  medical 
bureau. 

1148. . .  .The  account  will  set  out  the  name  of  the  patient,  the  date 
of  and  charge  for  each  visit  and  for  medicines.  The  physician  will 
make  a  certificate  to  the  amount  in  case  of  an  officer,  or  affidavit  in 
the  case  of  an  enlisted  man,  that  the  account  is  correct,  and  the 
charges  are  the  customary  charges  of  the  place. 

1149.  . .  .The  officer  will  make  his  certificate,  or  the  enlisted  man 
his  affidavit,  to  the  correctness  of  the  account,  that  he  was  on  service 
at  the  place,  and  stating  the  circumstances  preventing  him  from  re- 
ceiving the  services  of  a  medical  officer. 

1150 When  the  charge  is  against  an  officer,  he  will  pay  the  ac- 


248  Medical  Department 

count  if  practicable,  and  transmit  it  to  the  medical  bureau  for  reim- 
bursement ;  in  all  otlicr  cases  the  account  will  be  transmitted  to  the 
medical  bureau  for  settlement. 

1151.... If  the  charge  is  against  a  deceased  officer  or  enlisted 
man,  the  physician  will  make  affidavit,  before  required,  to  the  ac- 
count, and  that  he  has  been  paid  no  part  of  it. 

1152. . .  .No  charges  for  consultation  fees  will  be  paid  by  the  medi- 
cal bureau,  nor  will  any  account  for  medical  attendance  or  medicines 
be  paid,  if  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  be  not  on  sen'ice. 

1153 ...  .A  board  of  not  less  than  three  medical  officers  will  be  ap- 
pointed from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  examine  ap- 
plicants for  appointment  of  assistant  surgeons,  and  assistant  surgeons 
for  promotion.  And  no  one  shall  be  so  appointed  or  promoted  until 
so  examined  and  found  qualified. 

11 54:.... The  board  will  scrutinize  rigidly  the  moral  habits,  pro- 
fessional acquirements,  and  physical  qualifications  of  the  candidates, 
and  report  favorably,  either  for  appointment  or  promotion,  in  no  case 
admitting  of  a  reasonable  doubt. 

1155.  . .  .The  Secretaiy  of  War  will  designate  the  applicants  to  be 
examined  for  appointment  of  assistant  surgeon.  They  must  be  be- 
tween 21  and  28  years  of  age.  The  board  will  report  their  respective 
merits  in  the  several  branches  of  the  examination,  and  their  relative 
merit  from  the  whole  ;  agreeably  whereto,  if  vacancies  happen  within 
two  years  thereafter,  they  will  receive  appointments  and  take  rank  in 
the  medical  corps. 

1156.  ...When  an  assistant  surgeon  has  serv^ed  five  years,  he  is 
subject  to  be  examined  for  promotion.  If  he  decline  the  examina- 
tion, or  be  found  not  qualified  by  moral  habits  or  professional  ac- 
quirements, he  ceases  to  be  a  medical  officer  of  the  army. 

1157.  . .  .An  applicant  for  appointment  failing  at  one  examination, 
may  be  allowed  a  second,  after  two  years  ;  but  never  a  third. 

1158.  . .  .The  Secretary  of  War  will  appoint  from  the  enlisted  men 
of  the  army,  or  cause  to  be  enlisted,  as  many  competent  hospital 
stewards  as  the  service  may  require,  not  to  exceed  one  for  each  post. 

1159. . .  .The  senior  medical  officer  of  a  hospital  requiring  a  stew- 
ard may  recommend  a  competent  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier 
to  be  appointed,  which  recommendation  the  commanding  officer  shall 
forward  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  army,  with  his  remarks  there- 
on, and  with  the  remarks  of  the  company  commander. 

1160 When  no  competent  enlisted  man  can  be  procured,  the 

medical  officer  will  report  the  fact  to  the  Surgeon-General.  Appli- 
cations and  testimonials  of  competency,  from  persons  seeking  to  be 


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249 


enlisted  for  hospital  stewards,  may  be  addressed  to  the  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral. 

1161 The  commanding  officer  may  re-enlist  a  hospital  steward 

at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  on  the  recommendation  of 
the  medical  officer. 

STANDARD  SUPPLY  TABLE. 


MEDICINES. 


Acacise lb- 

Acidi  acetici ll>. 

arseniosi  (arsenic) oz. 

benzoic! oz. 

citrici lb. 

rauriatici lb. 

nitrici lb. 

sulphurici lb. 

aromatici lb. 

tannic! oz. 

tartaric! lb. 


JEtheris  sulphuric!  loti lb. 

Alcoholis cong. 

Aloes » oz. 

Aluminis lb. 

Ammoniaci lb. 

Ammonias  carbonatis oz. 

muriatis lb. 

Anthemidis lb. 

Antimoni!  et  potassse  tart,  (in  crys- 
tals)   oz. 

Argent!  nitratis oz. 

Amicae lb. 

Asafcetidaj oz. 

Bismuthi  subnitratis oz. 

Camphoraa lb. 

Cantharidis oz. 

Cardamom! oz. 

Catechu lb. 

Cerse  flavse lb. 

Cerat!  resinae lb. 

simplicis lb. 

. zinc!  carbonatis lb. 

Collodii oz. 

Colombse lb. 

Copaibaj lb. 

Creasot! oz. 

Cretffi  prseparatae lb. 

Cupri  sulphatis oz.     2 

Diosmae lb.    I 

Emplastri  adhsesiyi yds.    5 


Emplastri  cantharidis .lb.  3 

ferri lb.  1 

• bydrargyri lb.  i 

Extract!  belladonnae oz,  2 

colycyntbidis  comp oz.  8 


-  conn oz. 

-  glycyrrbizae lb. 

-  hyosciami oz. 

-  piperis  fiuidi oz. 

-  s.arsaparillae  Huidi lb. 

-  Valerianae  fluidi oz. 


Ferri  iodidi oz. 

pulveris oz. 

et  quiniae  citratis oz. 

sulphatis oz.  2 

Gambogite oz.  i 

Gentianae lb.  1 

Glycyrrhizae lb.  1 

Guaiac!  resinae lb.  i 

Hydrarg.  chloridi,  corrodvi oz.  ^ 

mitis  (cal.) lb.  1 


cum  creta lb. 

iodidi oz. 

oxidi  rubri oz. 

lodini oz. 

Lin! lb. 

Liquoris  ammoniae lb. 

ferri  iodidi lb. 

potassae  arsenitis oz. 

Eodae  chlorinatse bot. 


i 
1 
1 
2 
4 
4 
1 
2 
G 

Magnes'ae lb.     i 

sulphatis lb.  ,25 

Massae  pilulae  hydrargjTi oz.    8 

Mellis  despumati lb.     2 

Morphiae  sulphatis di*m.     2 

Myrrhae lb.     ^ 

Olei  anisi oz.     1 

cajeputi oz.     1 

caryophyll! oz.     1 

cinnamomi oz.     1 

menthae  piperitee oz.    2 


L    2 


250 


Medical  Department, . . , Supply  Talk, 


Olei  morrliuse bot.  8 

olivso  bot.  8 

origani  oz.  4 

ricini qt.  bot.  12 

terebinthinro qt.  bot.  4 

tiglii drm.  2 

Opu lb.  2 

Picis  abietis lb.  1 

Plumbi  acetatis lb.  1 

Potassa?  acetatis lb.  1 

bicarbonatis lb.  1 

bitartratis lb.  3 

chloratis lb.  \ 

nitratis  lb.  1 

sulphatis lb.  \ 

Potassii  cyanureti drm.  1 

iodidi oz.  8 

Pruni  virginianse lb. 

Pulveris  capsici lb. 

— cinchonse lb. 

— cubebaj lb. 

ipecacuanhse lb. 


2 
1 
1 
1 
1 

et  opii  .....lb.    \ 

— jalapse lb.     \ 

liui   lb.    8 

rhei lb.     1 

. sabinai oz.     2 

sinapis  nigrse lb.     6 

ulmi  lb.     2 

Quassise  lb.    \ 


Quinise  sulphatis oz.  2  to  12 

Rhei  lb.  i 

Sacchari lb.  20 

Saponis lb.  4 

Scillse oz.  4 

Senega? oz.  4 

Sennse lb.  1 

Serpentariai lb.  k 

Sodse  bicarbonatis lb.  2 

boratis lb.  f 

ct  potassse  tartratis lb.  3 

Spigeliae lb.  k 

Spiritus  ammonise  aromatic! oz.  2 

setheris  compositi lb.  \ 

setheris  nitrici lb.  2 

lavandulse  compositi lb.  1 

. vini  gallici bot.  24 

Strychniae   drm.  1 

Sulphuris  loti lb.    2 

Syrupi  scillaj lb.  3 

Tincturse  aconiti  radicis lb.  1 

chloroformi lb.  1 

colchici  seminis lb.  1 

digitalis : .lb.  \ 

ergotse lb.  \ 

f erri  chloridi lb.  \ 

Unguenti  hydrargj'ri lb.  1 

nitratis lb.  \ 

Yeratria3 drm.  1 

Zinci  sulphatis oz.  2 


IXSTRiniENTS   TO   EACH   MILITARY  POST. 


Cupping  glasses  or  tins No.  12 

Dissecting  (with  costatome  and  en- 

terotome) sets  1 

Lancets,  spring  (four  extra  fleams 

to  each  lancet) No.  1 

Lancets,  thumb  (with  cases) No.  4 

Obstetrical sets  1 

Pocket , . sets  1 

Pullies sets  1 

Scarificators No.  2 

Splints  (assorted  and  packed  in  one 

case) sets  1 


Stethoscope No.  1 

Stomach  pump,  and  case sets  1 

Syringes,  enema  (one  4  oz.,  one  12 

oz.) No.  2 

Syringes,  penis  (2  glass,  G  metallic). No.  8 
Syringes,  vagina  (2  glass,  1  metal- 
lic)  No. .  3 

Teeth  extracting  (key  and  3  claws, 
gum  lancet,  straight  and  curved 

forceps) sets  1 

Tourniquets  (field  4,  spiral  1) No.  5 

Trusses,  hernia No.  3 


In  addition  to  the  above,  each  medical  officer  will  be  supplied  with 
a  complete  set  of  amputating  and  trephining  instruments,  a  case  for 
general  operations,  and  a  pocket  case,  which  he  will  retain  in  his 
immediate  possession  so  long  as  he  remains  in  the  army,  and  for  the 


Medical  Department, . .  .Supply  Table.  251 

complete  and  serviceable  condition  of  which,  at  all  times,  he  will  be 
held  responsible. 

The  case  for  general  operations  will  contain,  metacarpal  saw ;  tro- 
car; ball,  gullet,  artery,  and  dressing  forceps;  two  scissors  (curved 
and  straight) ;  aneurism  needle  (one  handle,  one  sharp  and  three 
blunt  needles) ;  twelve  surgeon's  needles ;  tourniquet ;  small  ampu- 
tating knife ;  small  catling;  three  bistouries  (one  straight,  two  curved, 
sharp  and  probe  pointed);  hernia  knife;  three  scalpels;  cataract 
needle ;  cataract  knife ;  tenaculum ;  double  hook ;  six  bougies  of 
steel,  silvered,  with  double  curve  (Nos.  1  and  2,  3  and  4,  5  and  G,  7 
and  8,  9  and  10,  11  and  12)  ;  six  wax  bougies  (Nos.  2,  4,  6,  8,  10, 
12) ;  three  silver  catheters  (Nos.  3,  6,  9) ;  six  gum  elastic  catheters 
(Nos.  1,  3,  5,  7,  9,  11). 

BOOKS. 

Anatomy '. copy. .     One  to  each  post  or  regiment 

Surgery do Do do do 

Medical  practice do Do do do 

Dispensatory do Do do do 

U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia do Do do do 

Ellis's  Medical  Formulary do Do do do 

Chemistry do Do do do 

Medical  Juri  prudence  and  Toxicology do Do do do 

Obstetrics do Do do do 

Medical  Dictionary do Do do do 

Journals : . ..  .No 

Meteorological  Directions copy. .     One  to  each  post  or  regiment. 

Kegulations  for  Medical  Department do Do do.. ....  .do 

Blank No. . .     Two  to  each  post  or  regiment. 

Case do. . .     One do do 

Met:oiological  Kegister copy Do do do 

Order  and  letter No Do do do 

Prescription copy Do do do 

Register do Do do do 

Requisitions f 

Returns ^  . .  do Do do do 

Reports  of  sick  and  -wounded I 


HOSPITAL   STORES, 

Arrow-root lb.    5 

Barley .' lb.  20 

Carrageen lb.     1 

Cinnamon lb.     ^ 

Cloves oz.     4 

Cocoa lb.  10 

Farina lb.    5 


Ginger,  ground  (Jamaica) lb.    1 

Nutmegs  oz.    4 

Rum  (or  American  whisky,  pure), 

bottles  of doz.     2 

Tamarinds lb.  C  to  15 

Tea   lb.  20 

"Wine,  bottles  of doz.  3 


252 


Medical  Department ....  Supply  Table. 


Bedstead,  iron No.    6  to  10 

Bed-sacks No.  10 

Biuakets,  woolen   No.  10  to  20 

Coverlets No.  10 

Mattresses No.  2 


BEDDING. 

Musquito  Bars No. 

Gutta  Percha  cloth yds. 

Pillow-cases No. 

ticks No. 


4 
25 
10 
Sheets No.  40 


Bandages,  suspensory  (assoited)  .  No.    4 

Binders'  boards No.    4 

Cocks,  wine,  &c No.     2 

Corks,  assorted doz.  12 

1 


FURNITURE,   DRESSING,   &C. 

Paper,  wrapping quires  10 

...  .  (to  a  post..  10 

wnting,  quires. .,  \         ^ 

(to  £ 


(to  a  post. . 

(to  aregt. . 

Cotton  batting  lb. 

Flannel yds. 

Funnels,  glass No. 

tin No. 

rto  a  post. . 

(to  a  regt.. 

Hones No. 

-r  ■■  ,  «       (to  a  post.. 

Ink-powder,  papers  of  . .  ■<  , 

(to  a  regt.. 

rto  a  post.. 

(to  aregt.. 

Linen yds. 

Lint lb. 

Measures,  graduated  (6  oz.,  2  oz.,  and 

minim) i^Jo. 

tin sets 


Corkscrews  . 


Hatchets  . 


Inkstand  . 


Mills,  coffee. 


Medicine  chests No. 

. cups  2,  and  glasses  1  . .  .No. 

rto  a  post.. 

(to  a  regt.. 

Mortars  and  pestles,  glass No. 

—    iron No. 

„   —    wedgewood  .No. 

Muslin yds.  25 

Needles,  sewing No.  25 

V.        ,    ,  .    .  (to  a  post..     1 

Pans,  bed  (pewter) ^ , 

(to  a  regt..     2 

Paper,  envelope quires    2 

-^ filtering .quires    k 


a  regt. .  15 

Pencils,  hair No.  12 

Pens,  Eteel  •. doz.     2 

Pill  boxes papers    3 

machine No.     1 

Pins papers    2 

Quills No.  25 


Rain  gauges sets 

Scales  and  weights,  apo-  rto  a  post. . 

thecary's,  sets  of. (to  a  regt. . 

Scales  and  weights,  shop No. 

Scissors No. 

Sheep-skins,  dressed No. 

Silk,  surgeon's oz. 

green yd. 

Spatulas No. 

Sponge lb. 

Tap  borers No. 

Tape,  linen pieces 

Thermometers   and  hy-  (toapost. . 

grometers (to  a  regt. . 

Thermometer  cases -I . 

(to  aregt.. 

Thread,  linen oz. 

Tiles No. 

Tow ! lb. 

Towe's No. 

Twine lb. 

Urinals No. 

Vials,  assorted doz. 

,^,  «        ,       V  .  (to  a  post. . 

Wafers  (i-  oz.)  boxes {^      ^    ^ 

(to  a  regt.. 

Wax,  sealing sticks 


REMARKS. 

The  quantities  of  medicines,  hospital  stores,  and  dressings  here 
given,  are  estimated  for  one  hundred  men  for  one  year,  and  from 
them  all  requisitions  are  to  be  calculated ;  but  any  less  quantity  may 


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253 


be  required,  or  any  article  omitted,  at  the  discretion  of  the  medical 
officer.  The  following  deductions  will  be  made  on  large  supplies, 
viz. :  10  per  cent,  on  those  for  three  and  four  hundred  men ;  15  per 
cent,  on  those  for  five  and  six  hundred  men ;  20  per  cent,  on  those 
for  seven  and  eight  hundred  men;  and  25  per  cent,  on  those  for  one 
thousand  men. 

If  the  necessary  articles  of  hospital  furniture  can  not  be  furnished 
from  the  hospital  fund,  they  may  be  procured  as  follows,  from  a  quar- 
termaster or  a  medical  disbursing  officer,  by  special  requisition  (Form 
2): 


Basins,  wash. 

Bowls. 

Brushes. 

Buckets. 

Candlesticks. 

Clothes-lines. 

Cups. 

Dippers  and  ladles. 

Graters. 

Gridirons. 

Kettles,  tea. 

Knives  and  forks. 

Lamps  and  lanterns. 

liocks  and  keys. 


Mugs. 
Pans,  frying. 

sauce. 

Pitchers. 

Plates  and  dishes. 

Pots,  chamber  and  chain 

cofifee  and  tea. 

Sadirons. 

Shovels,  fire. 

Snuffers. 

Spoons. 

Tongs  and  pokers. 

Tumblers. 

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257 


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258 


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262 


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264 


Medical  Department ....  Forms. 


Station  . 


Lat. 


Form 

METEOROLOGICAL 

_,  Long.   , 


185    . 


7 

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25 
26 
27 
£8 
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30 
31 


Monthlji 
mean. 


Thermometer. 


7 

A.M. 


Daily 

mean. 


7 

A.M. 


Hygrometer. 


2 

P.M. 


Daily 
mean. 


Medical  Department ....  Forms. 


265 


No.  10. 

REGISTER. 

Alt.  of  Bar.  above  : 


.feet. 


Winds. 


7  A.M. 


D.      F. 


D.      F. 


D.      F. 


2 

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266 


Medical  Department.  .  .  .Forms, 


SUMMARY   OF   WINDS   AND    WEATHER. 


Form  10.—' 


KTJMBEB  OF  OliSERVATIONS  AND  SUM   OF  FORCE. 


N. 

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No.  of  days) 

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No.W  days) 

of  RAIN.      / 

No.  of  days) 

ofBNOW.    / 

Medical  Department ....  Forms,  267 

Continued. 

REMAKKS. 


This  register  is  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Surgeon-General  monthly.  All  frac- 
tions  are  to  be  expressed  in  decimals  carried  out  two  points.  The  thermometer 
and  hygrometer,  if  not  connected,  will  be  suspended  side  by  side.  One  third  of  the 
sum  of  the  three  daily  observations  will  be  registered  as  the  daily  mean.  The  di- 
rection (D.)  and  force  (F.)  of  the  winds  will  be  cxpreesed  in  accordance  with  exist- 
ing regulations.  The  whole  number  of  times  any  point  of  the  compass  is  recorded 
during  the  month,  gives  the  "number  of  observations,"  and  the  aggregate  of  the 
numbers  denoting  the  force,  gives  the  "sum  of  force,"  from  that  point.  The  re- 
sults thus  obtained  are  to  be  recorded  under  "Summary  of  winds  and  weather." 
Observations  on  the  weather  will  be  recorded  as  fair  or  cloudy  ;  and  the  number 
of  fair  and  cloudy  days  during  the  month  will  be  ascertained  by  dividing  the  sum 
total  of  eacli  record  by  3.  The  number  of  days  on  which  it  rains  or  snows  will  be 
noted  separately. 


Surgeon  U.  S.  Army, 


(Endorsement.) 
Station : 

JVIETEOROLOGICAL  REGISTER 

FOE  THE 

Month  of ,  18—. 

Transmitted  by 


Surgeon  U-  S-  Army. 


268 


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Form  12. 
Army  of  the  United  States. 

(Coat  of  Arms.) 

Certificate  of  DlsahiUty  for  Discharge, 

A.  B.,  of  Captain 's  company  ( — ),  of  the regiment  of 

United  States  ,  was  enlisted  by ,  of  the  regi- 
ment of ,  at ,  on  the day  of ,  to  serve years  ; 

he  was  born  in ,  in  the  State  of ,  is years  of  age, 

feet  ■■  inches  high, complexion,  eyes, hair, 

and  by  occupation  when  enlisted .     During  the  last  two 

months  said  soldier  has  been  unfit  for  duty days. 

(The  company  commander  will  here  add  a  statement  of  all  the 
facts  known  to  him  concerning  the  disease  or  wound,  ©r  cause  of  dis- 
abihty  of  the  soldier ;  the  time,  place,  manner,  and  all  the  circum- 
stances under  which  the  injury  occurred,  or  disease  originated  or  ap- 
peared ;  the  duty,  or  service,  or  situation  of  the  soldier  at  the  time  the 
injury  was  received  or  disease  contracted,  or  supposed  to  be  contract- 
ed ;  and  whatever  facts  may  aid  a  judgment  as  to  the  cause,  immedi- 
ate or  remote,  of  the  disability,  and  the  circumstances  attending  it.) 

C.  D.,  Commanding  Company. 

When  the  facts  are  not  knoAvn  to  the  company  commander,  the 
certificate  of  any  officer,  or  affidavit  of  other  person  having  such 
knowledge,  will  be  appended. 

I  CERTIFY  that  I  have  carefully  examined  the  said of  Captain 

-'s  company,  and  find  him  incapable  of  performing  the  duties 


of  a  soldier,  because  of  (here  describe  particularly  the  disability, 
wound,  or  disease  ;  the  extent  to  which  it  deprives  him  of  the  use  of 
any  limb  or  faculty,  or  affects  his  health,  strength,  activity,  constitu- 
'  tion,  or  capacity  to  labor  or  earn  his  subsistence).  The  surgeon  will 
add,  from  his  knowledge  of  the  facts  and  circumstances,  and  from  the 
evidence  in  the  case,  his  professional  opinion  of  the  cause  or  origin 
of  the  disability. 

E.  F.,  Surgeon. 
(Duplicates.) 


270 


Medical  Department Forms. 


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cause  of  rejecting  any  who 
are  examined,  &c.,  &c. 

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271 


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272 


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273 


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276 


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Medical  Department .  . .  .Forms, 


277 


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Form  14. — Continued. 

DISCHARGES   OX   SURGEON'S   CERTIFICATE  AND  DEATHS. 


Name. 

Rank. 

Regiment 

1 

Disease. 

Date  of 
discharge 

from 
service. 

Date  of 

Surname. 

Christian 
name. 

• 

- 

REMARKS. 


Note, — Discharges  on  Surgeon's  certificate,  and  deaths  occurring  among  those 
of  the  command  iiot  on  sick  report,  will  be  also  reported,  but  separated  from  the 
others  by  a  double  line  drawn  across  the  page.  The  remarks  will  in  each  case 
specify  the  manner  in  which  the  disease  originated,  when  it  is  known. 


Medical  Department ....  Forms. 


279 


Form  14. — Continued. 
(^Endorsement.') 


REPORT  OF  SICK  AND  WOUNDED 

FOB  TUB 

Quarter  ending  ,  185 

Station : 


Surgeon  U.  S.  Ahmy. 


COMMAND. 


Regiments. 


Companies. 


280 


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281 


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282  Medical  Department Forms. 


Form  17. 

CONTRACT   WITH   A   PRIVATE   PHYSICIAN. 

This  contract,  entered  into  this day  of ,  18 — ,  at- 


State  of ,  between ,  of  the  United  States  Army, 

and  Dr. ,  of ,  in  the  State  of ,  witnesseth, 

that  for  the  consideration  hereafter  mentioned,  the  said  Dr, 

promises  and  agrees  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  medical  offi- 


cer, agreeably  to  the  Army  Regulations,  at (and  to  furnish  the 

necessary  medicines^.     And  the  said  promises  and  agrees^  on 

behalf  of  the  United  States,  to  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid,  to  the  said 

Dr. the  sum  of dollars  for  each  and  every  month  he  shall 

continue  to  perform  the  services  above  stated,  which  shall  be  his  full 
compensation,  and  in  lieu  of  all  allowances  and  emoluments  whatso- 
ever (except  that  for  medicines  furnished,  which  shall  he  at  the  rate  of  — 
per  cent,  on  his  monthly  pay,  to  he  determined  by  the  Surgeon-General). 
This  contract  to  continue  till  determined  by  the  said  doctor,  or  the 
commanding  officer  for  the  time  being,  or  the  Surgeon-General. 

[Seal.] 
Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered  ) 
in  presence  of  .) 

[Seal.] 


I  certify  that  the  number  of  persons  entitled  to  medical  attendance, 

agreeably  to  regulations,  at ,  is ,  and  that  no  competent 

physician  can  be  obtained  at  a  lower  rate. 


-,  Commanding  Officer, 


Medical  Department ....  Forms, 


283 


Form  18. 
Extract  from  Form  No.  3,  Regulations /or  the  Suhsisie)ice  Department. 


A   MONTHLY    STATEMENT   OF   THE    HOSPITAL   FUND. 


Dr.  To  balance  due  hospital  last  month 

1532  rations,  being  whole  amount  due  this  month,  at 
9^^  cents  per  ration '. 


Cr.  By  the  following  provisions,  at  contract  prices : 


283i-     lbs.  of  pork,  at  6  cents  per  pound 

690  lbs.  of  fresh  beef,  at  4  cents  per  lb... 

1612^     lbs.  of  flour,  at  2  cents  per  pound 

10  lbs.  of  hard  bread,  at  3^  cents  per  lb. 

70       lbs.  of  rice,  at  6  cents  per  pound 

56  lbs.  of  coffee,  at  9  cents  per  pound... 

193^  lbs.  of  sugar,  at  8  cents  per  pound... 

17^^  quarts  of  vinegar,  at  5  cents  per  qt... 

15-^  lbs.  of  candles,  at  12  cents  per  lb 

61  i  lbs.  of  soap,  at  6  cents  per  pound.... 

16 J  quarts  of  salt,  at  3  cents  per  quart.... 

12  galls,  of  molasses,  at  28  cents  per  gal. 


PURCHASED. 


2  pairs  of  chickens,  at  87i  cents 

per  pair 

4  qrts.  of  milk,  at  7  cts.  per  qrt., 

3  doz.  oranges,  at  25  cts.  per  doz, 


Total  expended 

Balance  due  this  month, 


$17101 
27  60 
32  241 
35 
20 
04 
15  51 
85  § 


112 


831 
67i 
50i 
36 

181 


78 


145 


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54 


114 


30 


961 
57i 


284  Pay  Department, 

ARTICLE  XLiy. 

PAY  DEPARTMENT. 

1162.  . .  .The  troops  will  be  paid  in  such  manner  that  the  arrears 
shall  at  no  time  exceed  two  months,  unless  the  circumstances  of  the 
case  render  it  unavoidable,  which  the  paymaster  charged  with  the 
payment  shall  promptly  report  to  the  Paymaster-General. 

1163.  . .  .The  Paymaster-General  shall  take  care,  by  timely  remit- 
tances, that  the  paymasters  have  the  necessary  funds  to  pay  the 
troops,  and  shall  notify  the  remittances  to  the  paymasters  and  com- 
manding officers  of  the  respective  pay  districts. 

1164:.  . .  .The  payments,  except  to  officers  and  discharged  soldiers, 
shall  be  made  on  muster  and  pay  rolls ;  those  of  companies  and  de- 
tachments, signed  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander ;  of  the 
hospital,  signed  by  the  surgeon  ;  and  all  muster  and  pay  rolls,  signed 
by  the  mustering  and  inspecting  officer. 

1165.  ...When  a  company  is  paraded  for  payment,  the  officer  in 
command  of  it  shall  attend  at  the  i)ay-table. 

1166.  . .  .When  a  receipt  on  a  pay-roll  or  account  is  not  signed  by 
the  hand  of  the  party,  the  payment  must  be  witnessed.  The  witness 
to  be  a  commissioned  officer  when  practicable. 

1167.  . .  .Officers  are  paid  on  certified  accounts,  as  in  Form  3  ;  dis- 
charged soldiers,  on  accounts  according  to  Form  5,  and  certificates. 
Form  4.  An  officer  retiring  from  service  must  make  affidavit  to  his 
pay  account,  and  to  the  certificate  annexed  to  it,  and  state  his  place 
of  residence,  and  the  date  when  his  resignation  or  removal  takes 
effect.  Pay  accounts  of  post  chaplains  are  to  be  certified  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  post. 

1168 .  . .  .When  an  officer  is  dismissed  from  the  service,  he  shall  not 
be  entitled  to  pay  beyond  the  day  on  which  the  order  announcing  his 
dismissal  is  received  at  the  post  w^here  he  may  be  stationed,  unless  a 
particular  day  beyond  the  time  is  mentioned  in  the  order. 

1169.  . .  .No  officer  shall  receive  pay  for  two  staff  appointments  for 
the  same  time. 

1170.  . .  .Officers  are  entitled  to  pay  from  the  date  of  the  accept- 
ance of  their  appointments,  and  from  the  date  of  promotion. 

1171 ...  .No  account  of  a  restored  officer  for  time  he  was  out  of 
service  can  be  paid,  without  order  of  the  W^ar  Department. 

1172.  ..  .As  far  as  practicable  officers  are  to  draw  their  pay  from 
the  paymaster  of  the  district  where  they  may  be  on  duty. 

1173. . .  .No  officer  shall  pass  away  or  transfer  his  pay  account  not 
actually  due  at  the  time;  and  when  an  officer  transfers  his  pay  ac- 


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count,  he  shall  report  the  fact  to  the  Paymaster-General,  and  to  the 
paymaster  expected  to  pay  it. 

1174.  . .  .No  person  in  the  military  service,  while  in  an*ears  to  the 
United  States,  shall  draw  pay.  When  the  Secretary  of  War  shall 
find  by  report  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  or  otherwise,  that 
an  officer  of  the  army  is  in  arrears  to  the  United  States,  the  Paymas- 
ter-General shall  be  directed  to  stop  his  pay  to  the  amount  of  such 
arrears,  by  giving  notice  thereof  to  the  paymasters  of  the  army,  and 
to  the  officer,  who  may  pay  over  the  amount  to  any  paymaster.  And 
no  paymaster  shall  make  to  him  any  payment  on  account  of  pa?/  until 
he  exhibits  evidence  of  having  refunded  the  amount  of  the  arrears,  or 
that  his  pay  accrued  and  stopped  is  equal  to  it,  or  until  the  stoppage 
is  removed  by  the  Paymaster-General. 

11.75 ....  Officers  having  brevet  commissions  are  entitled  to  their 
brevet  pay  and  emoluments  ichen  on  duty  and  having  a  command  ac- 
cording to  their  brevet  rank^  and  at  no  other  time.     (Act  April  16,  1818.) 

117G. . .  .Officers  are  on  duty  and  hare  a  command  according  to  their 
brevet  rank  only  when  assigned  to  their  brevet  rank  by  the  Pre;  i  lent 
with  the  appropriate  actual  command  composed  of  different  corps, 
or  when  serving  on  detachments  composed  of  different  corps,  with 
such  appropriate  command.  But  in  the  regiment,  troop,  or  company 
to  which  officers  belong,  they  do  duty  and  draw  pay  according  to  the 
commissions  by  which  they  are  mustered  in  their  own  corps. 

1177 The  following  are  the  appropriate   commands  to   each 

grade : 

For  a  captain,  at  least  a  company. 

For  a  major,  at  least  2  companies. 

For  a  lieutenant-colonel,  at  least  4  companies. 

For  a  colonel,  at  least  1  regiment,  or  10  companies. 

For  a  brigadier-general,  2  regiments,  or  20  companies. 

For  a  major-general,  4  regiments,  or  40  companies. 

For  a  lieutenant-general,  8  regiments,  or  80  companies. 

1178. ..  .Officers  charging  brevet  pay  will  state  on  their  pay  ac~ 
counts  the  regiments  and  companies  composing  their  commands. 

1179.  ..  .Double  rations  are  allowed  to  the  major-general  com- 
manding the  army,  and  to  every  officer  commanding  in  chief  a  sepa- 
rate army  actually  in  the  field ;  to  the  generals  commanding  the 
eastern  and  western  geographical  divisions ;  to  the  quartermaster- 
general  and  the  adjutant-general ;  to  the  colonels  or  other  officers 
commanding  miHtary  geographical  departments ;  to  the  commandant 
of  each  permanent  or  fixed  post  garrisoned  with  troops,  including  the 
military  academy  at  West  Point,  and  the  armories  and  arsenals  com- 
manded by  commissioned  officers. 


286  Pay  Department. 

1180.  . .  .The  gan'isoned  posts  at  which  commanding  officers  will 
be  entitled  to  double  rations,  will  be  announced  in  orders  from  the 
"War  Department;  and  no  officer  will  be  entitled  to  double  rations  for 
more  than  one  post  or  command  at  the  same  time. 

1181. . .  .Commanding  officers  of  military  posts,  arsenals,  and  com- 
panies, will  not  forfeit  the  allowances  to  which  they  are  entitled  by 
ireason  of  such  command  when  temporarily  absent  on  duty,  provided 
the  absence  is  less  than  one  month. 

1182.  ...No  officer  or  soldier  shall  receive  pay  or  allowances  for 
any  time  during  which  he  was  absent  without  leave,  unless  a  satis- 
factory excuse  for  such  absence  be  rendered  to  his  commanding  offi- 
cer, evidence  of  which,  in  case  of  an  officer,  shall  be  annexed  to  his 
pay  account. 

1183. . .  .Every  deserter  shall  forfeit  all  pay  and  allowances  due  at 
the  time  of  desertion.  Stoppages  and  fines  shall  be  paid  from  his 
future  earnings,  if  he  is  apprehended  and  contimied  in  seiTice ;  other- 
wise, from  his  arrears  of  -^vlj. 

118-1.  . .  .ISTo  deserter  shall  receive  pay  before  trial,  or  till  restored 
to  duty  without  trial  by  the  authority  competent  to  order  the  trial. 

1185. ..  .In  case  of  a  soldier's  death,  desertion,  or  discharge  with' 
out  pay,  or  the  forfeiture  of  his  pay  by  sentence  of  court-martial,  th© 
amount  due  the  laundress  will  be  noted  on  the  muster-roll. 

1186.  ...When  an  improper  payment  has  been  made  to  any  en- 
listed soldier,  and  disallowed  in  the  settlement  of  the  paymaster's  ac- 
counts, the  paymaster  may  report  the  fact  to  the  commander  of  the 
company  in  which  the  soldier  is  mustered,  w^ho  will  note  on  the  mus- 
ter-rolls the  amount  to  be  stopped  from  the  pay  of  the  soldier,  that  it 
may  be  refunded  to  the  paymaster  in  whose  accounts  the  improper 
payment  has  been  disallowed. 

1187. . .  .Authorized  stoppages  to  reimburse  the  United  States,  as 
for  loss  or  damage  to  arms,  equipments,  or  other  public  property;  for 
extra  issues  of  clothing ;  for  the  expense  of  apprehending  deserters, 
or  to  reimburse  individuals  (as  the  paymaster,  laundress,  &c.) ;  for- 
feitures for  desertion,  and  fines  by  sentence  of  court-martial,  will  be 
entered  on  the  roll  and  paid  in  the  order  stated. 

1188 The  paymaster  will  deduct  from  the  pay  of  the  soldier 

the  amount  of  the  authorized  stoppages  entered  on  the  muster-roll, 
descriptive  list,  or  certificate  of  discharge. 

1189.  ..  .The  additional  pay  of  two  dollars  a  month  to  a  private 
soldier  in  virtue  of  a  certificate  of  merit  (Act  March  8,  1847),  com- 
mences at  the  date  of  the  service  for  which  the  certificate  is  given, 
and  continues  while  he  remains  a  private  soldier,  if  he  has  been  con- 


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Pay  Department,  287 

tinuously  in  seiTice,  or  has  a  certificate  of  merit  given  for  service  in 
the  war  with  Mexico  (Act  August  4,  1854). 

1190.  . .  .Non-commissioned  officers  who  were  recommended  by  the 
commanding  officer  of  their  regiment  for  promotion  by  brevet  for  dis- 
tinf^uished  service  in  the  war  with  Mexico,  and  not  promoted,  receive 
two  dollars  a  month  additional  pay,  while  in  service  as  non-commis- 
sioned officers.     (Act  August  4,  1854). 

1191 The  three  months'  extra  pay  for  re-enlistment  (Act  July 

5,  1838),  is  paid  by  the  recruiting  officer,  and  not  by  the  paymaster. 

1192.  . .  .The  following  bounties  for  enlistment  under  the  Act  of 
June  17,  1850,  are  paid  by  the  paymaster,  to  wit : 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  any  of  the  posts  or  stations  in 
Texas,  a  bounty  of  $26. 

For  enlistments  made  at  oi?  near  any  of  the  posts  or  stations  in  New 
Mexico,  a  bounty  of  $52. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  any  of  the  posts  or  stations  in  Cali- 
fornia, a  bounty  of  $117. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  any  of  the  posts  or  stations  in 
Washington  and  Oregon  Territories,  a  bounty  of  $142. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  Fort  Snelling,  a  bounty  of  $23. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  Fort  Gaines,  a  bounty  of  $27. 

For  enlistments  ^nade  at  or  near  Fort  Kiley,  a  bounty  of  $27. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  Great  Salt  Lake  City,  a  bounty  of 
$85. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  the  post  on  the  Des  Moines,  a 
bounty  of  $23. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  Fort  Kearney,  a  bounty  of  $34. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  Fort  Laramie,  a  bounty  of  $48. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  the  posts  on  the  Upper  Arkansas, 
a  bounty  of  $37. 

For  enlistments  made  at  or  near  the  posts  on  the  Canadian  River,  a 
bounty  of  $28. 

The  above  bounties  to  be  paid  in  unequal  installments  at  the  end 
of  each  year's  service,  in  the  following  proportions  : 

One  tenth  at  the  end  of  the  first  year's  service ; 

One  eighth  at  the  end  of  the  second  year's  service ; 

One  sixth  at  the  end  of  the  third  year's  service ; 

One  fourth  at  the  end  of  the  fourth  year's  serv'ice  ;  and  the  remain- 
der at  the  expiration  of  the  enlistment. 

1193.... The  muster-rolls  are  to  embrace  all  the  data  necessary 
to  insure  justice  to  the  soldier,  and  to  guide  the  paymaster  in  making 
his  payments.     Thus,  when  men  are  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  the  2d 


288  Pay  Dtpartment 

section  of  the  Act  of  August  4,  1854:,  the  following  remarks  should  be 
placed  opposite  their  names  :  "  $2  pr.  mo.  for  former  services" — the 
expression  ''former  services"  being  used  to  designate  the  whole  period 
of  the  soldier's  service  prior  to  the  date  of  the  act.  If  he  be  entitled  to 
$  1  additional  for  re-enlisting  subsequent  to  its  date,  the  remark  will 
then  be,  "^2  pr.  mo.  for  fornier  services,  and  $1  for  re-enlisting;" 
for  a  second  re-enlistment,  "  $2  pr.  mo.  for  former  services,  and  ^2 
for  2d  re-enlistment,"  &c.  For  soldiers  coming  under  the  provisions 
of  the  3d  and  4th  sections  of  the  act,  note  as  follows  :  "  $2  pr.  mo.  for 
cert,  merit;"  "  ^2  pr.  mo.  for  previous  services,  $2  for  cert,  merit,  and 
^1  for  re-enlisting,"  «S:c.,  according  to  the  facts  of  the  case.  The 
bounty  of  "  three  months'  extra  pay"  allowed  for  rq-enlistments  under 
the  29th  section  of  the  Act  of  July  5,  1838,  is  not  to  be  entered  on 
the  muster-roll,  as  this  bounty  is  paid  by  the  recruiting  officer,  and 
not  by  the  paymaster ;  but  installments  of  bounty  due  for  enlistments 
made  under  the  provisions  of  the  3d  section  of  the  Act  of  June  17, 
1850,  will  be  noted  as  follows  :  J-  (or  |,  ^,  or  i,  according  to  its  be- 
ing the  installment  due  for  the  1st,  2d,  3d,  or  4th  year's  sei-vice), 

*'Ret'd  bounty  ($ )  due — "  the  regulation  amount  of  the  bounty 

to  be  specified.  The  installment  for  the  fifth  year's  service  will  be 
thus  noted:  "$ llet'd  bounty  ($ )  due."  The  pay  certifi- 
cates given  to  soldiers  at  the  time  of  their  discharge  must  also  clearly 
set  forth  the  extra  allowances  to  which  they  are  entitled. 

1194.  . .  .The  retained  pay  is  due  to  a  discharged  soldier  unless  for- 
feited by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  as  provided  in  Paragraph  1197. 

1195.  . .  .The  traveling  pay  is  due  to  a  discharged  ofScer  or  soldier 
unless  forfeited  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  as  provided  in  Par- 
agraph 1197,  or  the  discharge  is  by  way  of  punishment  for  an  offense. 

1196 In  reckoning  the  traveling  allowance  to  discharged  offi- 
cers or  soldiers,  the  distance  is  to  be  estimated  by  the  shortest  mail 
route ;  if  there  is  no  mail  route,  by  the  shortest  j^racticable  route. 
I  Rations  of  soldiers,  if  not  drawn  in  kind,  are  estimated  at  the  con- 
tract price  at  the  place  of  discharge.  The  price  of  the  ration  shall  be 
stated  on  the  certificate. 

1197.  . .  .Every  enlisted  man  discharged  as  a  minor,  or  for  other 
cause  involving  fraud  on  his  part  in  the  enlistment,  or  discharged  by 
the  civil  authority,  shall  forfeit  all  pay  and  allowances  due  at  the 
time  of  the  discharge. 

1198.  . . .  Pa}'masters  or  other  officers  to  whom  a  discharged  soldier 
may  apply,  shall  transmit  to  the  Paymaster-General,  with  their  re- 
marks, any  evidence  the  soldier  may  furnish  relating  to  his  not  hav- 
ing received  or  having  lost  his  certificates  of  pay  due.     The  Paymas- 


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ter-G^neral  will  transmit  the  evidence  to  the  Second  Comptroller  for 
the  settlement  of  the  account. 

1199 No  paymaster  or  other  officer  shall  be  interested  in  the 

purchase  of  any  soldier's  certificate  of  pay  due,  or  other  claim  against 
the  United  States. 

1200 The  Paymaster-General  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral any  case  of  neglect  of  company  officers  to  furnish  the  proper  cer- 
tificates to  soldiers  entitled  to  discharge. 

1201 "Whenever  the  garrison  is  withdrawn  from  any  post  at 

which  a  chaplain  is  authorized  to  be  employed,  his  pay  and  emolu- 
ments shall  cease  on  the  last  day  of  the  month  next  ensuing  after  the 
withdrawal  of  the  troops.  The  Paymaster-General  will  be  duly  in- 
formed from  the  Adjutant-General's  office  whenever  the  appointment 
and  pay  of  the  post  chaplain  will  cease  under  this  regulation. 

1202. . .  .Funds  turned  over  to  other  paymasters,  or  refunded  to  the 
Treasury,  are  to  be  entered  in  accounts  current,  but  not  in  the  ab- 
stracts of  payments. 

1203 Whenever  money  is  refunded  to  the  Treasury,  the  name 

of  the  person  refunding,  and  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  done,  should 
be  stated,  in  order  that  the  officers  of  that  Department  may  give  the 
proper  credits. 

1204 When  an  officer  of  the  armyreceives  a  temporary  appoint- 
ment from  the  proper  authority  to  a  grade  in  the  militia  then  in  act- 
ual service  of  the  United  States  higher  in  rank  than  that  held  by  him 
in  the  army,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  the  pay  and  emoluments  of  the 
grade  in  which  he  serves.  But  in  no  case  can  an  officer  receive  the 
compensation  of  two  military  commissions  or  appointments  at  the 
same  time. 

1205 Whenever  the  Paymaster-General  shall  discover  that  an 

officer  has  drawn  pay  twice  for  the  same  time,  he  shall  report  it  to 
the  Adjutant-General. 

1206 ....  The  Paymaster-General  shall  transmit  to  the  Second  Au- 
ditor, in  the  month  of  May,  a  statement  exhibiting  the  total  amount 
during  the  year  up  to  the  31st  December  preceding,  of  stoppages 
against  officers  and  soldiers  on  account  of  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores,  that  the  amount  may  be  refunded  to  the  proper  appropriations. 
These  stoppages  M'ill  be  regulated  by  the  tables  of  cost  published  by 
the  chief  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  shall  have  precedence  of 
all  other  claims  on  the  pay  of  officers  or  soldiers. 

1207.  . .  .The  following  returns  are  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Pay- 
master-General after  each  payment : 

1st.  Estimate  for  succeeding  months  (Form  1). 
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2d.  Abstracts  of  payments  (Form  G),  accompanied  by  the  voucbera. 

3d.  General  account  current,  in  duplicate  (Form  7). 

4tb.  Monthly  statement  of  funds,  disbursements,  &c.  (Form  9). 

1208.... The  accounts  and  vouchers  for  the  expenditures  to  the 
regular  army  must  be  kept  separate  and  distinct  from  those  to  volun- 
teers and  militia. 

1209 Pay-roll  of  militia  will  be  according  to  Form  8,  the  cer- 
tificate at  the  foot  to  be  signed  by  all  the  company  officers  present. 

1210.  . .  .No  militia  or  volunteers  shall  be  paid  till  regularly  mus- 
tered into  service,  as  provided  in  the  General  Regulations. 


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Form  No.  4. 
Certificate  to  he  given  a  soldier  at  the  time  of  his  discharge. 

I  CERTIFY  that  the  within  named ,  a  of  Cap- 
tain   company  ( — )  of  the regiment  of ,  born 

in ,  in  the  State  of ,  aged years, feet 

inches  high, complexion, eyes, hair,  and  by  profession 

a  ,  was  enlisted  by ,  at ,  on  the day  of 

,  eighteen  hundred  and ,  to  serve  for years,  and  is  now 

entitled  to  a  discharge  by  reason  of . 

The  said was  last  paid  by  Paymaster ,  to  in- 
clude the day  of ,  eighteen  hundred  and ,  and  has  pay 

due  from  that  time  to  the  present  date. 

There  is  due  to  him dollars  retained  pay. 

There  is  due  to  him dollars  on  account  of  clothing  not  drawn 

in  kind. 

He  is  indebted  to  the  United  States dollars,  on  account  of  ex- 
tra clothing,  &c.  - 

He  is  indebted  to ,  laundress  at , dollars. 

The  contract  price  oAhe  ration  at is cents. 

Given  in  duplicate  at ,  this day  of ,  18 — . 


Commanding  Company. 

Note. — ^When  a  soldier  transfers  his  certificates,  the  transfer  must  he  made  on 
them,  witnessed  hy  a  commissioned  officer,  when  practicable,  or  hy  some  other 
reputable  person  known  to  the  Paymaster. 


Pay  Department ....  Forms, 
Form  No.  5. 


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Company, 
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For  pay  from  of ,  18 — ,  to  of  — 

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For  retained  pay  due 


For  pay  for  traveling  from ,  the  place  of  my 

discharge,  to  ,  the  place  of  my  residence, 

miles,  at  twenty  miles  per  day,  equal  to  — 

days,  at dollars  per  month , 


For  subsistence  for  traveling  as  above,  ■ 

cents  per  ration  or  day 

For  clothing  not  drawn 


days,  at 


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Deduct  for  clothing  overdrawn.. 


Balance  due.. 


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Pay 

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Dollars.... 


,  Paymaster  U.  S.  Army,  this  day  of 

—  dollars  and cents,  in  full  of  the  above 


(^Signed  in  duplicate.} 


306 


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Pay  Department ....  Fovttis. 


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No.  6. 


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Paymaster. 


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scription  of  our  servants  are  below.  We  also  certify  that  the  non- 
long,  who  are  made  up  for  pay,  &c.,  as  having  horses  and  arms, 
though,  in  some  cases,  they  may  not  have  been  valued.     We  also 


Pay  Department ....  Foimis, 


311 


Pay  Roll  of  Militia. 


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herein  expressed,  having  signed  duplicates  thereof. 


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certify  that  we  witnessed  the  payment  of  the  whole  company. 

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Corps  of  Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers,      313 
ARTICLE  XLV. 

CORPS  OF  ENGINEERS  AND  TOPOGRAPHICAL  ENGINEERS. 

1211.  . .  .The  duties  of  these  corps  usually  relate  to  the  construc- 
tion of  permanent  and  field  fortifications ;  works  for  the  attack  and 
defense  of  places ;  for  the  passage  of  rivers ;  for  the  movements  and 
operations  of  armies  in  the  field ;  and  such  reconnaissances  and  sur- 
veys as  may  be  required  for  these  objects,  or  for  any  other  duty  which 
may  be  assigned  to  them.  By  special  direction  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States,  officers  of  engineers  may  be  employed  on  any  other 
duty  whatsoever.     (See  63d  Article  of  War.) 

1212. ..  .No  permanent  fortification,  or  other  important  work  as- 
signed to  either  corps,  shall  be  undertaken,  until  the  plans  have  been 
submitted  to  a  board  composed  of  such  officers  of  the  corps  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  designate.  The  report  of  the  board,  with  cam- 
plete  drawings  and  specifications  of  the  work,  and  detailed  estimates 
of  the  cost,  shall  be  made  to  the  bureau  of  the  corps  in  the  War  De- 
partment, and  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  without  whose 
sanction  no  plan  shall  be  adopted.  A  dissenting  member  of  the  board 
may  present  his  own  project,  memoir,  plans,  and  estimates. 

1213.  . .  .The  chief  engineer,  with  the  approbation  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  will  regulate  and  determine  the  number,  quality,  form,  and 
dimensions,  &c.,  of  the  necessary  vehicles,  pontons,  tools,  implements, 
arms,  and  other  supplies  for  the  use  and  service  of  the  engineer  com- 
pany of  sappers,  miners,  and  pontoniers,  to  be  procured,  as  far  as 
practicable,  by  fabrication  in  the  government  establishments  of  the 
Engineer  and  Ordnanco  Departments, 

1214. ..  .In  any  work  carried  on  under  the  direction  of  the  chief  of 
either  corps,  his  authority  must  be  obtained  for  the  erection  of  any 
temporary  buildings  required  in  the  progress  of  the  work,  or  the  pur- 
chase of  any  vessel  or  boat,  or  for  furnishing  medicines  or  medical 
attendance  to  hired  men,  and  to  detennine  the  number  and  wages  of 
clerks,  foremen,  and  overseers. 

1215. . .  .An  engineer  superintending  a  work  or  operation  shall  dis- 
burse the  money  for  the  same,  and  when  informed  of  the  funds  appli- 
cable to  the  work,  he  will  furnish  to  the  bureau  or  office  through 
which  he  receives  his  instructions,  a  detailed  report  of  the  manner  in 
which  he  proposes  to  apply  the  funds. 

1216. . .  .Public  works  in  charge  of  either  corps  shall  be  inspected 
once  a  year,  and  when  completed,  by  such  officers  of  the  corps  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  shall  designate.  A  report  of  each  inspection  shall 
be  made  to  the  Secretary  of  War  through  the  bureau  of  the  corps. 

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314      Corps  of  Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers, 

1217. ..  .On  the  completion  of  any  fortification  or  other  work,  the 
officer  in  charge  will  transmit  to  the  appropriate  bureau  all  the  books, 
papers,  and  drawings  relating  to  it.  Of  fortifications,  the  following 
drawings  are  required :  a  plan  of  the  finished  work  and  the  environs 
within  the  scope  of  investment,  on  a  scale  of  12  inches  to  a  mile;  a 
plan  of  the  main  work  and  outworks,  on  a  scale  of  1  inch  to  50  feet, 
with  sections,  profiles,  and  elevations,  on  a  scale  of  1  inch  to  25  feet ; 
and  a  plan  of  the  masonry,  on  a  scale  of  1  inch  to  50  feet,  with  pro- 
files and  elevations,  on  a  scale  of  1  inch  to  25  feet ;  and  such  other 
drawings  as  may  be  necessary  to  show  important  details  of  the  work. 

1218.  . .  .x\n  officer  charged  with  a  survey  will  procure  the  books 
and  instruments  for  the  execution  of  the  duty  by  requisition  on  the 
appropriate  bureau,  and  upon  his  return  from  field  operations  will  re- 
port to  it  the  condition  of  the  instruments  in  his  charge ;  on  the  com- 
pletion of  the  survey  he  will  transmit  to  the  bureau  a  full  report 
thereof,  with  the  field  notes,  and  all  necessary  drawings. 

1219.  . .  .The  following  reports  and  returns  for  a  work  or  operation 
under  the  direction  of  the  chief  of  either  corps  are  to  be  sent  to  the 
appropriate  bureau  of  the  corps  by  the  officer  in  charge : 

1220.  . .  .Monthly  returns,  within  five  days  after  the  month  to  which 
they  relate,  viz. :  report  of  operations,  Porm  1 ;  return  of  officers  and 
hired  men,  Form  2  ;  money  statement,  Form  3 ; 

1221. . .  .An  estimate  of  funds  for  one  month,  in  time  to  receive 
the  remittance  for  the  sei*vice  of  the  month ; 

1222. . .  .Quarterly  returns,  within  twenty  days  after  the  quarter  to 
which  they  relate,  viz. ;  a  money  account  current,  Foim  4 ;  with  ab- 
stract of  disbursements.  Form  5,  and  vouchers,  Forms  G,  7,  8 ;  and  a 
return  of  property,  Form  9,  with  abstracts  of  receipts  and  issues, 
Forms  10,  11,12,  13,  and  14; 

1223 ...  .A  quarterly  return  of  instruments,  books,  &c.,Form  15,  by 
every  officer  accountable  for  them; 

1224. . . .  A  report,  in  time  to  reach  the  bureau  by  the  20th  of  Oc- 
tober, of  the  operations  on  the  work  or  survey  during  the  year  ending 
30th  of  June,  with  the  necessary  drawings,  and  showing  the  condi- 
tion of  the  work,  the  extent  and  cost  of  the  principal  operations  (as 
brick-work,  stone-work,  earth-work,  sur^^eys),  accompanied  by  a  sum- 
mary statement  of  the  expenditures  during  the  year,  with  an  estimate 
of  the  funds  required  for  the  next  year,  and  an  estimate  of  the  amount 
required  to  complete  the  work. 

1225.  . .  .When  disbursements  are  made  by  the  same  individual  on 
account  of  different  works,  a  separate  set  of  accounts  for  each  must 
be  kept  and  rendered,  as  above  required,  as  well  as  separate  esti- 


Corps  of  Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers.      315 

mates,  returns,  and  reports ;  the  quarterly  accounts  being  accompa- 
nied by  a  general  statement.  Form  3,  of  receipts  and  expenditures 
during  the  quarter  on  all  the  works. 

1226.  . .  .The  following  books  and  files  for  each  work  will  be  kept 
by  the  officer  in  charge :  a  letter-book,  for  copies  of  his  official  let- 
ters ;  file  of  letters  received  ;  file  of  orders  received ;  a  journal,  con- 
taining a  daily  record  of  the  occupations  of  the  persons  employed  on 
the  work.;  a  book  of  materials,  in  which  must  be  entered,  under  the 
appropriate  head,  every  kind  of  material  received,  specifying  date  of 
delivery  and  payment,  from  whom  received,  the  kind,  quality,  price, 
and  cost — in  this  book  the  various  articles  will  be  entered  under  the 
same  heads  as  in  the  quarterly  return  of  property ;  ,a  ledger,  in  which 
an  account  will  be  opened  with  every  person  of  whom  materials  or 
supplies  are  purchased  for  the  work,  including  every  person  not  on 
the  rolls;  an  account-book,  containing  entries,  according  to  Form  5, 
of  all  expenditures  and  copies  of  the  quarterly  accounts  current,  and 
estimates  of  funds ;  a  roll-book,  showing  the  name,  occupation,  rate 
of  pay,  of  each  hired  person,  and  time  made  by  him  daily  in  each 
month ;  a  book  of  miscellanies,  containing '  accounts  of  experiments 
and  miscellaneous  information  relating  to  the  work. 

1227 Printed  forms  allowed  will  be  furnished  from  the  bureaus, 

unless  otherwise  directed,  on  requisition  in  May  for  a  year's  supply. 


316      Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers Forms, 

Form  No.  1. 
Bq)ort  of  Operations  at  Fort  Jay  for  the  month  of  September,  1838. 

Masons  have  been  employed  in  setting  coping,  N.  and  W.  fronts;  roofing  casemated 
traverse,  S.  W.  exterior  front;  building  breast-height  and  traverse  walls,  " 
covert  way,  S.  E.  fi-ont ;  pointing  interior  counterscarps,  S.  E.  and  S.  W. 
fronts. 

Laboeees,  embanking  breakwater,  S.  W.  front ;  embanking  parapet  of  high  covert 
way ;  excavating  for  and  laying  foundations  of  breast-height  walls,  covert 
way,  S.  E.  front ;  sodding  S.  E.  glacis  coupe ;  quarrying  stone  for  masons 
at  S.  E.  quarry ;  aiding  masons  and  carpenters ;  receiving  materials. 

TeJlMSTEES,  leveling  S.  E.  glacis;  transporting  stone  for  and  embanking  break- 
water, S.  W.  front ;  aiding  masons  and  carpenters ;  receiving  materials. 

CAepentees,  on  quarters,  E.  front;  making  and  repairing  tools  and  machinery. 

WnEELWEiGUTS  and  Smiths,  making  and  repairing  tools  and  machinery. 

Plumbees,  covering  arches,  "VV.  front ;  leading  breast-height  walls,  covert  way,  S.  E. 
front. 

State  any  important  result  during  the  month,  as  the  condition  of  a  front,  bastion, 
battery,  &c. ;  progress  of  a  survey. 

Prohahh  operations  of  the  month  of  October, 

Masons,  as  in  September:  to  commence  laying  the  foundations  of  S.  E.  exterior 
front,  and  to  lay  the  traverse  circles  in  the  exterior  battery  of  N.  front 

Laboeees,  as  in  September :  to  finish  breakwater,  S.  W.  front,  and  commence  tho 
embankment  of  parapet  of  W.  front. 

Teaaistees,  as  in  September, 

Caepentees,  making  and  repairing  tools  and  machinery. 

■Wheel WEIGHTS  and  Smiths,         do.         do.         do. 

Plumbees,  covering  arches :  to  finish  the  W.  front,  and  commence  the  S.  W.  front. 


Maj.  Engineers. 
FoET  Jay,  New  Yoek, 

October  10, 1838. 

Endorsement  to  be  asfolloivs: 

FoET  Jay. 
Report  of  Operations  for  the  month  of  September,  183a 


Engineers  and  Topographical  Engirieers. . .  .Forms,   317 


Form  No.  2. 

Return  of  Officers  and  Hired  Men  at  Fort  Jay,  for  the  month  of  Sep- 
*     tember,  1838. 


Present. 


Major  A.  B.  relieved  Lieutenant  E.  F., 
in  charge  September  15,  by  special  or- 
der No.  14,  of  August  2.  Post-office 
address  for  October,  Fort  Jay. 


Lieutenant  E.  F.  at  G.  Island  on  service 
by  order  of  Major  A.  B.  Post-office 
address  for  October,  Fort  Jay. 

Lieutenant  O.  P.  left  September  10,  on 
leave  of  absence  by  order .  Post- 
office  address  for  October,  Indianola, 
Texas. 


No. 

Trade  or  occupation. 

Time  or  piece  work. 

Wages. 

Amount. 

30 

700  days 

$2  25 

1  75 
at  15  c. 

2  GO 
1  50 
1  00 

90 
60  00 
80  00 
40  00 

$1575  00 
350  00 

10 

Do 

200  days 

20 
10 

Do.  at  piece  work 

Carpenters 

TOO  sup.  feet  of  granite. . 

105  00 

Do 

Laborers 

Do 

1 

Clerk 

1  month 

2 

Foreman 

1    do 

1 

Overseer 

1    do 

Amount 

$ 

C.  D.,  Major  Engineers. 


Endorsement: 

Officers  and  Hired  Men. 

Fort  Jay, 

September,  1833. 


318    Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers, . .  .Fbrrns. 


Fonn  No.  3. 

Statement  of  Money  received  and  expended,  under  each  appropriation,  in 
the  month  of  September,  J,838. 


Fort  Jay. 

FortB. 

Contingencies  of 
fortifications. 

TotaL 

Due  U.  S.  from  last  month 

$T0  00 
450  00 

$S0  00 
8O0O  00 

$150  00 
8750  00 

Eeceived  in  the  month 

$300  00 

Total  to  be  accounted  for 

520  00 

80SO  00 

300  00 

8900  00 

Due  from  U.  S.  last  month 
Expended  in  the  month. . . 

400  00 

400  00 

400  00 

TOOO  00 

T400  00 

Total  accounted  for 

400  00 

7000  00 

400  00 

7800  00 

Due  1st  Oct.  to  the  U.  S. . . 

120  00 

1080  00 

1200  00 

Do           from  thelJ  S 

100  00 

100  00 

Due  U.  S 

1100  CO 

C.  D.,  Major  Engineers. 


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Form  No.  5. 

Abstract  of  Dishursejnents  on  account  of  Fort  Jay  during  the  quarter 

ending  on  the  SOth  o/  September,  1838. 


No.  of 

Nature  of  purchase  or 
expenditure. 

To  whom  paid  or  of  whom 
purchased. 

AMOUNT. 

voucher. 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

1 

Lime 

Henry  King 

200 
5D0 
300 
60 
100 
826 
373T 

00 

2 

Stone 

Jones  &  King 

00 

3 

Bricks 

Stephenson  &  Co 

00 

4 

Sundries 

Smith  &  Co 

00 

5 

Cement 

Samuel  Jones 

00 

6 

Services 

Hired  men 

52 

7 

Granite,  lime,  and  bricks... 

Aaron  Bro^vii 

fy") 

Dollars. . . . 

5724 

02 

E.  E. 


FoET  Jay,  New  Yoek, 

October  4, 1S38. 


C.  D.,  Major  Engineers. 


Endorsement  to  be  as  follows : 

FoKT  Jay. 

Abstract  of  Disbursements 

b7 

Major  CD.,  U.  S.  Engineers,  during  the  3d  quarter,  1838. 


Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers . . .  .Forms,    321 

Form  No.  6. 
The  United  States, /or  Fort  Jay, 

To  Aaeon  Bkown,  Dr. 


Designation. 

Application. 

Cost. 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

1838. 
July      4. 

For  600  cubic  yards  dressed  Granite, 

at per  yard. 

For  30  tons  broken  Granite,  at 

per  ton. 
For  cutting  700  feet  of  Granite,  at 

per  foot. 

For  20  M.  hard  Bricks,  at per  M. 

For  100  barrels  Lime,  3  bushels  each, 

at per  barrel. 

Scarp  wall 

Backing  of  scarp . 

Scarp 

August  1. 

Casemate  arches. 

Foundation       of 

scarp  and  piers. 

Dollars 

3T3T 

50 

I  certify  that  the  above  account  is  correct  and  Just ;  the  articles  to  be  (or  have 

been)  accounted  for  in  my  property  return  for quarter  of . 

(Signed)  C.  D.,  Major  Engineers. 

Received  at  Fort  Jay,  this  24th  day  of  September,  1838,  from  Major  C.  D.,  Corps 

of  Engineers,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  seven  hundred  and  thirty-seven  dollars  and 

fifty  cents,  in  full  payment  of  the  above  account. 

(Signed  in  duplicate.)  Aaeon  Bkown. 

$3737  50 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows: 

Fort  Jay. 

Voucher  No.  8. 

Aaron  Brown. 

September  24th,  1838. 

Granite,  Lime,  Bricks,  $3737  50. 

02 


322    Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers. . .  .Forms. 


Form  No.  7. 

We,  the  snhsa'ihers,  hereby  acknowledge  to   have   received  of  

the  sums  set  opposite  our  names  respectively,  being  in  full  for 

our  services  at  Fort  A during  the  month  of ,  18 — , 


having  signed  duplicate  receipts. 

Name. 

Occupation. 

Time, 
employed. 

Rate  of 
pay. 

AMOUNT. 

Signa- 
tures. 

No. 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

Witness. 

1 

A.  B.... 
CD.... 
E.  F.... 
G.H.  .. 
I.K.... 

Clerk 

Overseer 

Master  Mason. 

Mason 

Laborer 

1  month . . 
1      do.  . . . 
24  days. . . 

20  do 

24   do.  . . . 

$S0  00 

40  00 

2  50 

1  75 

1  00 

80 
40 
60 
35 
24 

00 
00 
00 
00 
00 

A.  B 

2 

CD 

3 

E.  F 

4 

G.  II.  ... 

5 

I.  X  K.  . . . 

A.  B 

239 

00 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  pay-roll  is  correct  and  just. 

J.  M.,  Captain  Engineers. 


Endorsement : 

Fort  A . 

No. . 

Pay-roll  for ,  18—. 

$239  00. 


Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers, . .  .Forms,     323 

Form  No.'  8. 
TFe,  the  subscribers^  acknowledge  to  have  received  of  Captain  


the  sums  set  opposite  our  names  respectively^  being  in  full  for 

the  services  of  our  slaves  at  Fort  A during  the  month  of , 

18 — ,  having  signed  duplicate  receipts. 


i . 

Name  and 
occupation. 

Time 
employed. 

Rate  of 
wages. 

Amount 

for  each 

slave. 

AMOUNT 
RECEIVED. 

Dolls. 

Cts. 

Signature. 

A.  B 

Do 

Do 

A.,  mason... 
CWksmith 
D.,  laborer  . 

G.,  laborer  . 
H.,    do 

1  month.. 
25  days... 
1  month  . . 

12  days. . . 
1  month.. 

$iO  00 
2  00 
20  00 

$25 a  mo.. 
20  00 

$40  00 
50  00 
20  00 

$110 
32 

00 
00 

A.  B 

E.  F 

E.  F 

Do 

12  00 
20  00 

142 

00 

I  certify  that  the  above  pay-roll  is  correct  and  just. 

J.  M.,  Captain  Engineers. 


Endorsement: 
Fort  A . 


No. - 
Slave-roll  for  — 


,  lS~s 


$142  00. 


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Form  No.  11. 

Abstract  of  Purchases  received^  and  not  paid  for,  at  Fort  A- 
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J.  M.,  Captain  Eiigiiuers. 

Form  No.  12. 
Abstract  of  Materials  expended  at  Fort  A , quarter,  18 — . 


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were  made,  and  were  necessary. 

J.  M.»  Captain  Engineers. 


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Form  No.  13. 

Abstract  of  Forage  issued  at  Fort  Jay  during  the  quarter  ending  on  the 
SOth  September,  1838. 


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necessary. 

C.  D.,  Major  Engineers. 
FoET  Jay,  New  Yoek, 

October  1, 1838. 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows: 

Fort  Jay. 

Forage  Return  for  the  8d  quarter  of  1838. 


828    Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers. . .  .Forms. 


rorm  No.  14. 

Abstract  of  Provisions  issued  at  Fort  Jay  during  the  quarter  ending  on 
the  SOth  September^  1838. 


Description  of  pro- 
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necessary. 

C.  D.,  Major  of  Engineers. 
Fort  Jay,  Ne^  Yoek, 

Octoher  1, 1838. 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows: 

Fort  Jay, 

Provision  Return  for  the  3d  quarter  of  1838. 


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Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers.  . .  .Forms.    331 

No.  15. 

United  States ,  received  and  accounted  for  by  Major  C.  D.,  of  the  Corps  of 
on  the  SOth  of  September,  1838. 


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C.  D.,  Major  Engineers. 


832  Ordnance  Department 

ARTICLE  XL VI. 

ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT. 

1228 .-. .  .The  Ordnance  Department  has  charge  of  the  arsenals  and 
armories,  and  furnishes  all  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  for  the  mil- 
itary service. 

1229 The   general   denomination,  "Ordnance    and  Ordnance 

Stores,"  comprehends  all  cannon  and  artillery  carriages  and  equip- 
ments ;  all  apparatus  and  machines  for  the  service  and  mancemTes 
of  artillery ;  all  small  arms  and  accoutrements  and  horse  equipments  ; 
all  ammunition  ;  and  all  tools  and  materials  for  the  ordnance  service. 

1230.  . .  .Models  or  patterns  proposed  by  the  ordnance  board  and 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  of  all  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  for  the  land  service  of  the  United  States,  with  the  standard 
gauges,  weights,  and  measures,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  model  office 
at  the  Washington  arsenal ;  and  no  change  or  variation  from  them 
shall  be  allowed,  except  on  the  recommendation  of  the  board,  ap- 
proved by  the  Secretary  of  War.  The  ordnance  board  is  composed 
of  such  officers  of  that  department  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may 
designate. 

1231.  . .  .Directions  in  detail  for  the  inspection  and  proof  of  all 
ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  shall  be  issued  by  the  chief  of  ord- 
nance, with  the  approbation  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  procured  by  contract  or  open  purchase  are  required 
to  jDass  the  same  inspection  and  proof  as  if  fabricated  at  the  arsenals. 
(See  Ordnance  Manual.) 

1232.  . .  .The  purchases  and  contracts  for  cannon,  projectiles,  pow- 
der, small  arms,  and  accoutrements  are  made,  or  specially  ordered  by. 
the  chief  of  ordnance,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1233.... In  each  case  the  inspector  shall  give  to  the  contractor 
triplicate  inspection  certificates  (Forms  30,  34,  38),  and  transmit  to 
the  ordnance  bureau  an  inspection  report  (Forms  31,  32,  39). 

1234.... The  inspecting  officers  shall  transmit  to  the  ordnance 
bureau  a  consolidated  report,  in  July  (Form  33),  of  their  inspections 
of  ordnance  and  projectiles  during  the  3'ear  ending  30th  June,  and 
quarterly  and  annual  reports  (Forms  35, 36,  37)  of  their  inspections  of 
small  arms,  barrels,  &c.  Inspectors  shall  retain  copies  of  their  in- 
spection reports,  to  be  turned  over  to  their  successors ;  at  an  armory, 
the  quarterly  and  annual  inspection  reports  (35,  36,  37)  are  signed  by 
the  superintendent  and  master  armorer. 

1235 The  inspectors  of  small  arms  will  procure  necessary  assist- 
ants from  the  national  armories.     No  assistant  shall  inspect  oftener 


Ordnance  Department  333 

than  twice  in  succession  the  arms  made  at  the  same  private  establish- 
ment. The  inspector  will  have  the  accepted  arms  boxed  and  scaled 
in  his  presence. 

1236,  . .  .In  time  of  peace,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  are  to  be 
issued  from  the  arsenals  and  armories  only  by  authority  from  the 
ordnance  bureau  of  the  "War  Department ;  in  war,  to  supply  troops  in 
service,  on  the  order  of  any  general  or  field  ofiicer  commanding  an 
army,  garrison,  or  detachment ;  provided,  in  issues  to  the  militia,  that 
they  shall  have  been  regularly  mustered  into  the  service,  and  the 
requisition  (Form  23)  be  approved  by  the  mustering  and  inspecting 
officer  of  the  United  States,  or  a  general  or  field  officer  commanding 
in  the  regular  service.  In  case  of  an  issue  not  specially  directed 
from  the  ordnance  bureau,  the  order  for  the  issue  will  be  promptly 
transmitted  to  the  bureau  by  the  issuing  officer. 

1237. . .  .The  arms  and  accoutrements  required  by  an  officer  for  his 
own  use  in  the  public  service  may  be  issued  to  him  on  payment  of  the 
regulated  price  (Form  No.  19),  to  be  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  proper 
appropriation  at  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1238 ....  Requisitions  (Form  22)  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores 
for  companies  or  posts  may,  in  urgent  cases,  be  sent  direct  to  the  Ad- 
jutant-General's office,  a  duplicate  being  forwarded  at  the  same  time 
to  department  head-quarters.  Requisitions  for  the  military  acade- 
my are  to  be  transmitted  to  the  chief  engineer.  Requisitions  for  sup- 
plies for  arsenals  and  armories  are  sent  direct  to  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1239.  . .  .When  arms,  accoutrenjents,  and  equipments  need  repairs 
that  can  not  be  made  by  the  troops,  the  commanding  officer  may  send 
them  to  be  repaired  to  the  most  convenient  arsenal. 

1240 ....  The  commander  of  each  company  or  detachment  will  be 
accountable  for  all  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  issued  to  his  com- 
mand. The  commander  of  each  post  will  be  accountable  for  all  ord- 
nance and  ordnance  stores  at  the  post,  not  issued  to  the  company  or 
detachment  commanders,  or  not  in  charge  of  an  officer  of  ordnance 
or  a  store-keeper.  Ordnance  sergeants  will  account  for  ordnance  prop- 
erty only  where  there  is  no  commissioned  officer  of  the  army  or  store- 
keeper. 

1241 Commanding  officers  of  the  militia  in  service  of  the  United 

States  shall  return  and  account  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  in 
the  use  of  troops  as  required  in  the  regular  service.  And  all  arms 
and  equipments  issued  to  such  militia  shall  be  charged  against  the 
person  to  whom  the  issue  is  made  on  the  muster-roll  or  pay  account, 
to  be  accounted  for  to  the  mustering  and  inspecting  officer,  before  re- 
ceiving pay  during  service  and  on  his  discharge. 


334  Ordnance  Department. 

1242 When  a  mustering  and  inspecting  officer  relieves  such  per- 
son from  charge  for  loss  or  damage  to  his  arms  or  equipments,  satis- 
factory evidence,  by  affidavit  or  otherwise,  setting  out  the  facts  of  the 
loss  or  damage,  and  showing  that  it  was  not  by  his  fault,  shall  be  an- 
nexed to  the  pay-roll  or  account. 

1243.  ..  .When  charges  on  account  of  ordnance  stores  are  made 
against  a  soldier,  the  property  return  shall  give  his  name  and  the  pay- 
roll or  account  in  which  the  charge  is  made. 

1244 Arm  chests  are  to  be  preserved  and  accounted  for  as  other 

ordnance  stores. 

1245 Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  corps,  garrison,  or 

detachment  shall  make,  at  the  end  of  February,  April,  June,  August, 
October,  and  December,  a  report  to  the  chief  of  ordnance,  stating  all 
damages  to  arms,  equipments,  and  implements  belonging  to  his  com- 
mand, noting  those  occasioned  by  negligence  or  abuse,  and  naming 
the  officer  or  soldier  by  whose  negligence  or  abuse  the  said  damages 
were  occasioned  (Act  of  February  8,  1815),  from  which  reports  the 
necessary  instructions  shall  be  issued  to  the  armories  and  the  ord- 
nance inspectors  to  correct  defects  in  the  manufacture. 

1246  . .  .Inspections  shall  be  made  of  the  armories  and  arsenals  of 
construction  annually,  and  of  other  arsenals  every  two  years,  by  such 
officers  of  the  department  as  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  designate, 
and  a  report  of  each  inspection  made  to  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1247.  . .  -The  charge  of  an  armory  in  the  absence  of  the  superin- 
tendent devolves  on  the  master  armorer,  unless  the  chief  of  ordnance 
shall  otherwise  direct ;  of  an  arsenal,  on  the  military  store-keeper  in 
the  absence  of  an  officer  of  ordnance. 

1248  . .  .The  officer  in  charge  of  an  arsenal  or  armory  shall,  under 
the  direction  of  the  chief  of  ordnance,  make  and  publish  the  rules  for 
its  internal  government ;  procure  the  necessary  materials  and  tools : 
engage  the  workmen,  assign  their  grade,  and  appoint  the  necessary 
foremen.  The  cause  for  discharging  or  displacing  a  foreman  shall  be 
reported  to  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1249.  . .  .The  military  store-keeper  shall  disburse  the  funds  on  the 
certificate  of  the  officer  in  charge  upon  each  pay-roll  or  other  account, 
stating  the  sum  total  in  words,  and,  under  the  direction  of  the  officer 
in  charge,  have  the  care  and  custody  and  make  the  returns  of  the 
ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  except  those  in  the  current  service,  for 
which,  including  draft  animals,  the  officer  in  charge  is  accountable. 

1250.  . .  .Where  there  is  no  store-keeper,  the  commanding  officer  is 
accountable  for  all  the  ordnance  property,  unless  authorized  by  the 
ordnance  bureau  to  devolve  the  accountability  on  another  officer. 


Ordnance  Department,  335 

1251 .  . .  .Orders  for  the  issue  of  supplies  from  an  arsenal  or  armory 
are  directed  to  the  officer  in  charge,  who  shall  transmit  them  to  the 
store-keeper,  and  see  to  their  execution.  For  transportation,  the 
stores  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  with 
duplicate  invoices  (Form  2) ;  a  third  shall  be  transmitted  to  the 
officer  who  is  to  receive  the  stores. 

1252 Materials  to  be  consumed  or  expended  are  issued  on  the 

written  orders  of  the  officer  in  charge  to  the  store-keeper,  who  shall 
make  quarterly  abstracts  of  such  issues  (Form  9)  as  his  voucher,  to  be 
certified  by  the  officer  in  charge. 

1253.  . .  .The  officer  in  charge  shall  turn  over  to  the  store-keeper 
the  hivoices  (Form  2)  of  stores  received,  to  be  receipted  for  by  him 
(Form  7),  and  shall  furnish  to  him  invoices  of  articles  fabricated, 
purchased,  repaired,  &c.,  from  which  the  store-keeper  shall  make  the 
quarterly  abstracts  to  be  certified  by  the  officer  in  charge  (Forms  3, 
4,  5,  6).  At  an  armory,  all  articles  purchased,  fabricated,  or  repaired 
are  to  be  inspected  by  the  master  armorer  before  being  paid  for,  or 
turned  into  store. 

1254 The  date  when  orders  for  supplies  are  received,  or  stores 

received  at  or  issued  from  an  arsenal  or  armory,  shall  be  reported  on 
the  report  of  work  done  (Foim  27). 

1255 ....  Hired  men  in  the  ordnance  service  (except  slaves)  shall 
be  engaged  on  daily  wages,  except  men  on  piece^rwork,  and  paid  only 
for  such  days  or  parts  of  days  as  they  actually  work.  Working  time, 
by  daylight  only,  shall  average  ten  hours  throughout  the  year.  When 
men  are  paid  for  extra  time  or  night-work,  the  necessity  shall  be  ex- 
plained on  the  pay-roll. 

1256 . . .  .Workmen  in  an  armory  shall  be  paid,  as  far  as  practicable, 
by  piece-work.  The  price  of  piece-work  shall  be  fixed,  according  to 
the  skill  and  labor  it  requires,  by  the  superintendent,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  chief  of  ordnance. 

1257.  . .  Any  increase  of  wages  shall  be  promptly  reported  to  the 
ordnance  bureau,  with  the  necessary  explanations. 

1258 ... .  The  money  value  of  any  piece  of  work  spoiled  by  the  fault 
or  incompetency  of  a  workman  shall  be  charged  to  him  on  the  pay- 
roll. 

1259 ....  A  fair  rent  shall  be  charged  monthly  on  the  pay-roll  to  the 
hired  men  who  occupy  public  quarters,  except  the  master  armorer  and 
clerks  at  an  armory.  The  rent-roll  (Form  12)  shall  be  returned  quar- 
terly to  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1260.  ...Armory  officers  and  hired  men  in  the  ordnance  service 
will  receive  ten  cents  mileage  for  travel  on  duty  under  orders. 


336  Ordnance  Department 

1261. . .  .No  buildings  or  other  permanent  works  or  improvements 
will  be  undertaken  without  tlie  sanction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
The  plans  and  estimates  for  them  are  to  be  sent  to  the  ordnance  bu- 
reau by  the  month  of  August. 

1262 No  trees  on  the  public  grounds  will  be  removed  or  de- 
stroyed without  authority  from  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1263..,. None  but  strong  draft  horses  are  to  be  pul-chased  for 
the  ordnance  service,  nor  without  authority  from  the  chief  of  ord- 
nance. 

1264.... The  enlisted  men  of  ordnance  shall  be  enlisted  in  the 
gi'ade  of  laborer.  They  may  be  mustered,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
officer  in  command,  in  any  grade  for  which  they  are  competenj^T  ex- 
cept the  grade  of  master  workman.  Promotions  to  that  grade  require 
the  sanction  of  the  chief  of  ordnance.  Enlistments  (Form  24)  are  to 
be  in  duplicate ;  one  filed  at  the  post,  the  other  forwarded  to  the  ord- 
nance bureau.  The  number  of  enlisted  men  at  each  arsenal  will  be 
directed  by  the  chief  of  ordnance. 

1265. . .  .Expenses  of  the  issue  and  delivery  of  ordnance  and  ord- 
nance stores  to  the  States,  at  any  point  withm  the  State  designated 
by  the  governor,  if  on  navigable  water  or  othenvise  easily  accessi- 
ble, are  paid  by  the  United  States  from  the  appropriation  for  arm- 
ing and  equipping  the  militia.  The  officers  of  the  Ordnance  De- 
partment provide  for  the  transportation  and  the  payment  of  the  ex- 
penses. 

1266. .  ..The  accounts  with  the  several  States  and  Territories  are 
kept  in  terms  of  muskets  ;  but  other  small  arms,  accoutrements,  field 
artillery,  and  equipments  of  equal  value  and  of  the  patterns  adopted 
for  the  troops  of  the  United  States,  may  be  issued  at  the  request  of 
the  State  or  Territory,  if  the  government  supplies  will  permit. 

1267 . . .  .Receipts  (Form  8)  will  be  prepared  in  tnplicate  by  the  is- 
suing officer,  and  transmitted  for  the  signature  of  the  governor,  or  of- 
ficer or  agent  appointed  by  him  to  receive  the  stores ;  one  of  which, 
when  returned,  shall  be  forwarded  by  the  issuing  officer  to  the  ord- 
nance bureau. 

1268.  . .  .The  returns  and  reports  prescribed  in  the  following  arti- 
cles are  required  to  be  sent  to  the  ordnance  bureau : 

1269 ....  Monthly  returns,  within  five  days  after  the  quarter  to  which 
they  relate,  viz.  :  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  an  arsenal :  1st,  of  the 
officers  and  men  of  ordnance  (Form  25) ;  2d,  of  hired  men  (Form 
26)  ;  3d,  of  work  done  (Form  27) ;  and  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  an 
armory,  a  return  of  armory  officers  and  men,  and  small  anus  and  ap- 
pendages manufactured  (Form  28) ;  and  by  the  officer  in  charge  of 


Ordnance  Department  337 

an  arsenal  or  armory,  a  summary  statement  by  the  disbursing  officer 
of  money  received  and  expended  (Form  20). 

1^70. . .  .An  estimate  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  an  arsenal  or  ar- 
mory, at  the  beginning  of  the  quarter,  of  the  funds  required  during  the 
quarter  (Form  21). 

1271. . .  .Quarterly  returns,  within  twenty  days  after  the  quarter, 
viz. :  1st,  by  eveiy  disbursing  officer,  a  money  account  current  (Form 
18),  with  abstract  of  disbursements  (Form  17),  and  vouchers  (l^orms 
13,  14,  15,  16),  and  a  duplicate  of  the  abstract  and  of  the  account  cur- 
rent, with  endorsed  statement  (Form  20) ;  2d,  a  property  return  (Form 
1),  with  vouchers  (Forms  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  and  19),  by  every 
person  accountable  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  except  those  in 
current  service  at  arsenals  and  armories.  The  return  for  a  post  will 
be  distinct  from  that  for  a  company  or  detachment. 

1272 An  annual  return,  in  July,  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  an 

arsenal  or  armory,  of  all  ordnance  stores,  tools,  and  draft  animals  in 
current  service  (Form  1). 

1273.  . .  .An  annual  inventory,  in  August,  by  the  officer  in  charge 
of  an  arsenal  or  armory  (Form  29),  with  a  report,  in  a  condensed 
form,  of  the  principal  operations  of  the  post  during  the  year  ending 
30th  June,  including  an  account  of  experiments,  of  the  construction 
and  repairs  of  buildings,  machinery,  &c. 

1274 Letters  of  transmittal  are  to  accompany  reports  and  re- 
turns to  the  ordnance  bureau. 

1275.  . .  .Every  officer  required  to  make  a  return  of  ordnance  and 
ordnance  stores  shall  take  an  inventory  of  them  (Form  11)  in  the 
month  of  June,  and  certify  on  his  return  for  the  second  quarter  that 
the  inventory  has  been  taken  and  his  return  made  in  conformity  with 
it.     The  same  form  of  inventory  is  to  be  used  at  inspections. 

1276 ....  In  all  official  lists,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  are  to  be 
arranged  according  to  the  classification  in  Article  1282. 

1277 The  following  records  of  their  reports  and  returns  are  re- 
quired to  be  kept  by  ordnance  officers  and  turned  over  to  their  Suc- 
cessors : 

1st.  A  company  return  book,  consisting  of  the  retained  duplicates, 
bound  together ; 

2d.  A  monthly  return  book,  containing  the  other  monthly  returns 
and  statements ; 

3d.  An  account  book,  containing  copies  of  the  quarterly  accounts 
current  and  their  endorsed  statements,  of  abstracts  of  money  dis- 
bursed, and  of  estimates  for  funds ; 

4th.  A  letter  book  of  copies  of  all  letters  sent ; 
P 


338 


Ord7ia7ice  Department. 


5th.  Files  of  letters  received  ; 

6th.  Files  of  orders  received ; 

7th.  An  annual  inventory  book,  by  binding  together  the  retained 
inventories ; 

8th.  At  armories  and  arsenals  of  construction,  such  other  books 
may  be  kept  as  may  be  necessary  to  show  the  details  of  the  opera- 
tions. 

1278.  . .  .AH  books  and  files  are  to  be  submitted  to  inspecting  of- 
ficers, when  called  for. 

1279 Printed  blanks  allowed  will  be  furnished  from  the  ord- 
nance office,  unless  otherwise  directed,  on  requisitions  in  May  for  a 
year's  supply. 

1280 Prices  of  Small  Anns. 


PERCUSSION  LOCK. 


« 


^  S 


Barrel  with  sight,  without  breech) 

screw / 

Breech  screw 

Bayonet  or  band  stud 

Tang  screw 

Breech  sight 

Cone 

Lock  plate 

Tumbler 

Tumbler  screw 

Bridle 

Sear 

Sear  spring 

Main  spring 

Lock  screw,  each 

Hammer 

Side  plate  (with  band,  for  pistol) . 

Side  screws,  each 

Upper  band 

Middle  band 

Lower  band 

Upper  band  spring 

Middle  band  spring 

Lower  band  spring 

Guard  plate 

Guard  plate  screw,  each 

Guard  bow  without  swivels  . . 

Guard  bow  nut,  each 

Swivels  and  rivets,  each 

Swivel  plate 

Swivel  plate  screw,  each 

Trigger 

Trigger  screw 

Butt  plate 

Butt  plate  screw,  each 

Ramrod 

Ramrod  spring — 


D.  C. 

4  10 

10 
01 
05 


09 
50 
2T 
03 
16 
20 
10 
27 
03 
60 
OT 
04 
38 
23 
15 
09 
08 
08 
42 
03 
30 
02 
10 


D.  O. 

4  40 
10 

**65 
06 
09 
50 
2T 
03 
16 
20 
10 
2T 
03 
60 
10 
v04 
45 

"is 

09 

"08 
50 
03 
35 
02 
10 


D.  o. 

4  48 


D.  C. 

3  55 
10 

"65 

"69 
50 
2T 
03 
16 
20 
10 
27 
03 
60 
12 
04 
38 

"28 
09 


i>.  c. 

3  55 

10 
01 
05 

"69 
50 
27 
03 
16 
20 
10 
27 
03 
60 
07 
04 
58 

"21 
09 

"os 

40 
03 
20 
02 
10 
10 
03 
12 
02 
80 
03 
40 
12 


D.  C. 

2  00 
08 

"64 

"69 
40 
25 
03 
14 
17 
08 
25 
03 
45 
40 
03 


35 
02 
20 
02 


28 
02 
25 


Ordnance  Department, 


339 


Prices  of  Small  Arms — Continued. 


PERCUSSION  LOCK. 


M 


E-i 


'a 


"I 


^•3 


Ramrod  wires 

Ramrod  stop 

Stock 

Bayonet 

Bayonet  clasp 

Bayonet  clasp  screw 

Box  plate 

Box  catch 

Box  spring 

Box  spring  screw 

Box  screw,  each 

Ramrod  swivel  and  rivet 

Ramrod  swivel  and  rivet  screw. . 

Swivel  bar 

Swivel  nut 

Swivel  screw 

Swivel  ring 

Sword  bayonet  blade 

Sword  bayonet  hilt,  without  clasp 

Sword  bayonet  clasp 

Sword  bayonet  clasp  screw 

Guide 

Bridge 

Supporters,  each 

Supporter  screws,  each 

Chocks,  each 

Chock  screws,  each 

Receiver 

Butt  piece 

Butt  piece  screw 

Strap 

Strap  screw 

Set  screw 

'Link 

Link  screw 

Stop 

Apron 

Apron  screw 

Catch 

Catch  screw 

Catch  spring 

Catch  spring  screw 

Catch  plate 

Catch  plate  screw 

Lever 

Barrel  complete 

Lock  complete 

Guard  complete 

Bayonet  complete 

Box  plate  complete 

Arm  complete 


1).   c. 

01 

01 

1  45 

1  45 

16 


1).  o. 
01 
01 

1  85 


72 
05 
10 
02 
03 


4  30 
2  25 
1  06 
1  63 


13  00 


4  65 
2  25 
1  16 

"98 
13  25 


06 
65 
48 
02 

or 

03 

2  m 

08 
05 
25 
05 
03 
09 
03 
14 
13 
03 
19 
03 
12 
04 
16 
03 
20 
4  57 
1  46 


17  00 


D.    C. 

01 

01 

1  36 


10  37 


3  74 

2  25 

99 


11  00 


01 

01 

1  36 


25 
02 


2  13 

1  60 

21 

02 


3  75 
2  25 

84 


2  IT 
1  89 

72 


•  Without  sword  bayonet. 

f  Screw-driver  and  cone  wrench 46  cents. "^ 
Wiper 20     " 
Ball  screw 12     " 
Spring  vice 85     " 
Bullet  mould  (rifle  calibre) .50     " 


For  all  arms. 


840 


Ordnance  Department. 


Prices  of  Small  Arms — Continued. 
colt's  KEVOLVEK. 


Barrel 

Sight 

Cylinder 

Cone 

Base  pin 

Lock  frame 

Lock  screw 

Hammer  and  tumbler. 

Bolt 

Bolt  spring  and  sear  ... 
Bolt  spring  screw ...... 

Hand 

Hand  spring 

Main  spring 

Key 

Main  spring  screw  . . . . 
Key  spring  and  rivet. . 


D.  c. 

7  00 
01 

4  00 
06 
35 

5  00 
02 
88 
33 
10 
02 
31 
02 
50 
31 
02 
10 


Key  sc^e^vr 

Lever 

Rammer 

Lever  screw 

Catch  spring 

Catch  on  barrel 

Catch  on  lever 

Stock  strap 

Stock  strap  screw 

Guard  plate 

Guard  plate  screw 

Trigger 

Stock 

Screw  driver  and  cone  wrench 

Ring  or  spring  vice 

Bullet  mauld 

Pistol  and  appendages  . . . 


02 
1  00 
30 
02 
01 
04 
06 
59 
02 
75 
02 
30 
50 
42 
01 
1  00 
24  00 


SWORDS   AND    SABRES. 


d 

V 

^d 

PAETS. 

1 

o 

1 

0  <=> 

11 

i 

>, 

^•^ 

b 

0  >> 

-is   03 

^i 

rt 

(O 

o 

«^ 

s^ 

"0 

t 

1 

•3 

3 

«;i 

1 

6 

< 

S 

^ 

^ 

D.    C. 

D.    C. 

D.    C. 

D.    C. 

D.    C. 

D.    0. 

(  Gripe 

20 

17 

24 

20 

Hilt \  Head 

70 
1  10 

44 

58 

87 

1  60 

50 
1  20 

44 

I  Guard 

44* 

Blade 

2  SO 

1  98 

2  13 

2  13 

2  20 

1  92 

C  Mouth  piece 

20 
1  20 

10 
1  00 

"56 

"62 

"66 

Body 

50 

Scabbard <  Bands  and  rings  ...... 

60 

60 

I  Ferrule  and  stud 

15 

13 

25 

40 

36 

25 

t  Tip 

25 

25 

35 

25 

Ann  complete 

7  00 

5  00 

4  00 

5  00 

5  50 

4  00 

Ordnance  Department 


341 


1281. 


*  Prices  of  Accoutrements, 

BLACK  LEATHER  BELTS. 


Cartridge  box 

Cartridge  box  plate 

Cartridge  box  belt 

Cartridge  box  belt  plate ; 

Bayonet  scabbard  and  frog 

"Waist  belt,  private's 

Waist  belt  plate 

Cap  pouch  and  pick 

Gun  sling 

Sabre  belt 

Sabre  belt  plate 

Sword  belt 

Sword  belt  plate 

Sword  belt,  non-commissioned  officer's  and  musician's. 
Sword  belt  plate  do.  do. 

Waist  belt  do.  do. 

Waist  belt  plate  do.  do. 

Carbine  cartridge  box 

Pistol  do.        

Holsters,  with  soft  leather  caps 

Carbine  sling 

Carbine  swivel 

Sabre  knot 

Bullet  pouch 

Flask  and  pouch  belt 

Powder  flask 

Waist  belt,  sapper's,  with  frog  for  sWord  bayonet,  $1. 


D.  o. 

1  10 
10 
69 
10 
56 
25 
10 
40 
16 


62 

10 

37 
60 


1  03 
60 

1  00 
10 


D.  O. 

*i6 


40 


1  35 

60 


87 
75 
2  68 
95 
88 
30 


95 

10 


37 
10 
40 
16 


10 
3T 
60 


53 

40 
1  20 


842  Ordnance  Department 

1282 Classification  of  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores ^ 


PART   FIRST. 
AKTILLEET,  SMALL  AEMS,  AMMUNITION,  AND  OTHER  ORDNANCE  STORES. 


CLASS  I. 

CANNON. 

18  pdr.  1 

brass  cannon,  Mexican  trophy, 

weight. 

lbs. 

12pdr. 

do. 

French, 

do. 

do. 

9  pdr. 

do. 

Spanish, 

do. 

do. 

8  pdr. 

do. 

French, 

do. 

do. 

6  pdr. 

do.      * 

English  trophy, 

do. 

.  do. 

4  pdr. 

do. 

French, 

do. 

do. 

3  pdr. 

do. 

English  trophy. 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

field,  U.  S.,  pattern  1840, 

do. 

do. 

6  pdr. 

do. 

do.            do. 

do. 

do. 

6  pdr. 

do. 

old  pattern. 

do. 

do. 

8  inch  brass  howitzers,  English  trophj, 

do. 

do. 

6  inch 

do. 

French, 

do. 

do. 

24  pdr. 

do. 

field,  U.  S.,  pattern  1840, 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

do.          do. 

do. 

do. 

16  inch  brass  stone  mortars,  French, 

do. 

do. 

13  inch  brass  mortar,                 do. 

do. 

do. 

42  pdr.  ] 

iron  cannon, 

,  U.  S.,  pattern  1831, 

do. 

do. 

42  pdr. 

do. 

»    do.          1819, 

do. 

do. 

42  pdr. 

do. 

do.          1840, 

do. 

do. 

32  pdr. 

do. 

do.          1840, 

do. 

do. 

24  pdr. 

do. 

do.          1819, 

do. 

do. 

24  pdr. 

do. 

do.          1839, 

do. 

do. 

24  pdr. 

do. 

old  pattern,  round  breech, 

do. 

do. 

18  pdr. 

do. 

do.            do. 

do. 

do. 

18  pdr. 

do. 

model  1819, 

do. 

do. 

18  pdr. 

do. 

do.     1839, 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

garrison,  model  1819, 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

do.         do.    1839, 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

field,           do.    1819, 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

do.    inspected  1834, 

do. 

do. 

6  pdr. 

do. 

do.         do.        do. 

do. 

do. 

100  pdr. 

columbiads. 

do. 

do. 

50  pdr. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

8  inch 

do. 

8  inch 

do. 

24pdr. 

do. 

24  pdr. 

do. 

24  pdr. 

do. 

12  pdr. 

do. 

Ordnance  Department  343 

10  inch  columbiads,  weight.        lbs. 

8  inch        do. 

8  inch  iron  howitzers,  sea-coast,  model  1840, 
do.  do.     1839, 

siege,  do.     1839, 

field,  inspected  1834, 
for  flank  defense, 
field,  old  pattern,  light, 
do.   inspected  1834, 
10  inch  iron  mortars,  sea-coast,  model  1839, 
10  inch  do.  d(^  do.     1819, 

8  inch  do.  siege,  do.     1840, 

Unserviceable. 

9  pdr.  brass  cannon,  field, 
6  pdr.  do.  do. 
8  inch  brass  howitzers,  American,  old, 

24  pdr.  do.  do.  do. 

10  inch  brass  mortars, 

24  pdr.  iron  cannon,  cascable  broken, 

6  pdr.  do.  old,  various  patterns, 

6  pdr.  do.  wrought  iron. 

Note. — The  mean  weight  of  each  kind  of  ordnance,  as  well  as  the  number  of 
pieces,  should  he  entered  on  the  inventories. 


do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

CLASS  n 

ARTILLERY   CARRIAGES. 

12  pdr.  field  gun  carriages,  complete, 

stocktrail. 

pattern 

1835. 

12  pdr.                 do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

1840. 

6  pdr.                 do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

24  pdr.  howitzer  field  carriages. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

12  pdr.            do.            do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

24  pdr.  siege  gun  carriages, 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Mountain  howitzer  carriages. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Caissons  for  12  pdr.  guns. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Do.             6  pdr.    do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Do.          24  pdr.  howitzers. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Do.          12  pdr.       do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Do.     without  interior  divisions. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Traveling  forges. 

Battery  wagons. 

Portable  forges  for  mountain  service. 


844  Ordnance  Department. 

Chests  with  carriage-makers'  tools,  for  mountain  service. 
Field  battery  wagons,  with  tools  and  stores,  complete,  C. 
Field  traveling  forges,  with  do.  do.        A. 

Mortar  wagons,  for  siege  service,  complete. 

8  inch  columbiad  casemate  gun  carriages. 

8  inch        do.  do.        chassis. 

32  pdr.  casemate  gun  carriages. 
32  pdr.        do.       chassis. 
24  pdr.  casemate  gun  carriages,  wood. 
24  pdr.         do.  do.  cast  iron. 

24  pdr.         do.      chassis.  ^ 

24  pdr.  howitzer  casemate  carriages,  for  flank  defense,  complete. 

8  inch  sea-coast  howitzer  barbette  carriages  and  chassis. 
32  pdr.  barbette  gun  carriages. 
32  pdr.      do.       chassis. 
24  pdr.      do.       gun  carriages. 
24  pdr.      do.       chassis. 
10  inch  sea-coast  mortar  beds,  iron. 
10  inch       do.  do.  wood. 

10  inch  siege  do.  iron. 

8  inch    do.  do.  iron. 

Unserviceable. 
6  pdr.  field  carriages,  Gribeauval  pattern,  require  repairs. 
6  pdr.  •      do.  stocktrail,  \ 

Caissons,  I 

Battery  wagons,  f^'^J"' 's  battery. 

Traveling  forges,  J 

Note. — The  '■'■field  carriage,  complete,''''  includes  the  limber  and  ammunition 
chest,  but  no  implements.  The  *'  casemate  or  harhette  carriage,  complete,''^  includes 
the  upper  or  gun  carriage,  and  the  chassis,  with  all  the  wheels,  but  no  implements. 
It  is  better,  however,  to  enter  the  gun  carriages  and  the  chassis  separately,  a» 
above. 

CLASS  m. 

AKTILLEEY  IMPLEMENTS   AND  EQUIPMENTS. 

Axes,  felling. 

Bricoles. 

Buckets,  sponge,  iron,  for  field  guns. 

Do.  do.      wood,  for  garrison  guns. 

Do.       tar,        iron,  for  field  guns. 

Do.       water,  for  field  forge. 

Do.       watering,  leather. 


Ordnance  Department  345 

Budge  barrels. 

Cannon  locks,  left  side,  for  guns  with  lock  pieces. 

Do.  do.  do.      without  do. 

Cannon  spikes. 

Chocks  for  casemate  carriages. 
Drag  ropes. 
Fuze  augers. 
Do.  extractors. 
Do.  gimlets. 
Do.  mallets. 
Do.  plug  reamers. 
Do.  rasps. 
Db.  saws. 
Do.'  setters,  brass. 
Do.     do.     w^ood. 
Gunner's  callipers. 

Do.      gimlets,  for  siege  and  garrison  guns. 
Do.  do.       for  field  guns. 

Do.      haversacks. 
Do.      levels. 
Do.      pincers. 
Do.      quadrants. 
Handspikes,  trail,  for  field  carriages. 

Do.  manoeuvring,  for  garrison  carriages. 

Do.  'shod,  do.  do. 

Do.  truck,  iron,  casemate    do. 

Do.  roller,   do.  do.  do. 

Harness,  viz. : 

Sets  for  two  wheel  horses,  pattern  1840. 
Do.  leading  do.  do. 

Do.  wheel     do.    with  Grimsley's  saddles,  &c. 

Do.  leading  do.  do. 

Draft  for  mountain  howitzer  carriage. 
Pack-saddles  and  bridles  for       do. 
Nose  bags. 
"Whips. 

Ladles  and  staves  for  32  pdr.  gun. 
Do.  24  pdr.  gun. 

Do.  12  pdr.  gun. 

Lanterns,  common.^ 

Do.       dark. 
Lanyards  for  friction  primers. 

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346  Ordnance  Dq>artmenU 

Lead  aprons,  and  straps. 
Linstocks. 
Lock  covers. 
Men's  harness. 
Pass  boxes. 

Pendulum  hausses  for  12  pdr.  field  guns. 
Do.  6  pdr.       do. 

Do.  32  pdr.  field  howitzers. 

Do.  24  pdr.       do. 

Do.  12  pdr.       do. 

Pick  axes. 
Plummets. 
Pointing  wires. 
Portfire  cases. 
Portfire  shears. 
Portfire  stocks. 
Powder  funnels,  copper. 
Powder  measures,  do. 
Priming  horns. 
Priming  wires  for  siege  and  garrison  guns. 

do.         for  field  do. 

Prolonges. 
Rammers  and  staves,  viz. : 

For  32  pdr.  garrison  guns. 

For  24  pdr.  do. 

For  12  pdr.  do. 

For  10  inch  columbiads. 

For    8  inch  sea-coast  howitzers. 
Shell  hooks. 
Shell  plug  screws. 
Splints. 
Shovels. 
Sponges,  woolen,    8  inch. 

Do.  do.       32  pdr. 

Do.  do.        24  pdr. 

Do.  do.       12  pdr. 

Do.  do.         6  pdr. 

Sponge  covers,  32  pdr. 
Do.         do.      24  pdr. 
Do.        do.        6  pdr. 
Sponges  and  rammers,  viz. : 

For    8  inch  siege  howitzers. 


Ordnance  Department.  347 

For  24  pdr.  field  howitzers. 
For  12  pdr.  field  guns. 
For    6  pdr.       do. 
Sponges  and  staves,  viz. : 
For  42  pdr.  gun. 
For  32  pdr.  gun. 

For  12  pdr.  gun,  siege  and  garrison. 
For  10  inch  columbiad,  bore. 

Do.  do.        chamber. 

For  8  inch  sea-coast  howitzer. 
Tangent  scales  for  12  pdr.  field  guns. 
Do.  6  pdr.       do. 

Do.  24  pdr.  field  howitzer. 

Do.  12  pdr.  do. 

Tarpaulins,  large. 
Do.       small. 
Thumb  stalls. 

Tompions  and  collars  for  12  pdr.  field  guns. 
Do.  do.  6  pdr.         do. 

Do.       for  8  inch  mortars. 
Tow  hooks. 
Tube  pouches. 
Vent  covers. 
Vent  punches. 
Worms  and  staves,  viz. : 

For  siege  and  garrison  guns. 
For  12  pdr.  field  guns. 
For    6  pdr.         do. 

Note. — A  set  of  harness  for  two  horses  includes  every  thing  required  for  them 
except  whips  and  nose  bags^  which  are  reported  separately. 

CLASS  IV. 

ARTILLERY  PROJECTILES,  AND  THEIR  APPENDAGES,  UNPREPARED  FOR 
SERVICE. 


42  pdr.  cannon  balls. 
32  pdr.  do. 

24  pdr.  do. 

12  pdr.  do. 

6  pdr.  do. 

10  inch  shells  for  columbiads. 

8  inch  shells  for  mortars. 
32  pdr.  shells. 


24  pdr.  shells. 

12  pdr.     do. 

32  pdr.  spherical  case  shot. 

24  pdr.       do.  do. 

12  pdr.  spherical  case  shot. 

6  pdr.       do.  do. 

42  pdr.  grape  shot,  loose.  No. 
24  pdr.         do.         do.       do. 


348  Ordnance  Department. 


12  pdr.  grape  shot,  loose,  No. 
Canister  shot,  loose,  viz. : 

For  32  pdr.  gun,  pounds. 

Por  24  pdr.  do.  do. 


For  12  pdr.  gun,  pounds. 

For    G  pdr.  do.  do. 

For  24  pdr.  howitzer,     do. 
For  12  pdr.       do.  do. 


fixed,  rounds. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

CLASS  V. 

ARTILLERY   PROJECTILES,    WITH   THEIR  APPENDAGES,    PREPARED   FOR 
SERVICE. 

12  pdr.  shot  for  12  pdr.  gun, 

12  pdr.  spherical  case  shot  for  12  pdr.  gun, 

12  pdr.  canisters  for  12  pdr.  gun, 

G  pdr.  shot, 

G  pdr.  spherical  case  shot, 

G  pdr.  canisters, 
12  pdr.  howitzer  shells, 
12  pdr.       do.       spherical  case  shot, 
12  pdr.       do.       canisters, 

32  pdr.       do.       spherical  case  shot,  with  metal  fuzes, 
12  pdr.  spherical  case  for  12  pdr.  field  gun, 
12*pdr.  shells  do.  do. 

8  inch  shells,  strapped,  for  columbiad. 

8  inch     do.         do.  sea-coast  howitzer. 

12  pdr.  howitzer  shells,  strapped. 
12  pdr.  howitzer  spherical  case  shot,  strapped. 
12  pdr.  canisters  for  12  pdr.  field  guns. 

6  pdr.  shot,  strapped. 

6  pdr.  canisters. 
12  pdr.  grape  shot,  stands  of. 
42  pdr.  cannon  wads,  junk. 
32  pdr.  do.  hay. 

24  pdr.  do.  grommet. 

Note. — A  '-'■round  of  fixed  ammunition^''  is  here  used  to  indicate  the  'projectile 
with  its  cartridge  prepared  for  use,  although,  in  some  cases,  they  are  not  actually 
connected  together.  A  '•'■skot  strajjped^'  or  a  '•'^ canister,''^  '■^ stand  of  graj^e,^*  &c., 
indicates  the  projectile  prepared  for  making  fixed  ammunition,  or  for  service. 

CLASS  VI. 

SMALL     ARMS. 

Muskets,  complete,  viz. : 

National  armory,  bright,  percussion,  new. 

Do.  brown,  flint,  4th  class,  short. 

Do.  bright,  altered  to  percussion. 


Ordnance  Department  349 

National  armory,  brown,  altered  to  percussion. 
Contract,  do.  do. 

Do.  bright,  do. 

Musketoons,  artillery,  percussion. 
Do.         cavalry,  do. 

Do.         sappers,         do 
Rifles,  viz. : 

Hai-per's  Ferry,  percussion,  new. 

Do.  do  repaired. 

Contract,  full  stocked,  brown,  flint. 
Hall's  patent,  new,  without  bayonets. 
Do.  do.   with  do. 

Pistols,  viz. ; 

Percussion,  new  model. 
Colt's  patent. 
Hall's  carbines,  new,  percussion. 
Wall  pieces,  rifle,  4  oz.  calibre. 
Cavalry  sabres,  pattern  1840. 
Horse  artillery  sabres,  privates',  pattern  1840. 
Non-commissioned  officers'  swords,     do. 
Musicians'  swords,  do. 

Artillery  swords,  new  pattern. 
Cavalry  sabres,  English. 
Regulation  artillery  swords,  English. 
Sergeants'  swords,  Prussian. 
Eoot  officers'  swords,  new  pattern,  30^  inches. 

Do.  do.  32       do. 

Field  officers'  swords. 

Unserviceable. 
Muskets,  without  bayonets. 
Rifles,  require  repairs. 
Carbines,  Hall's  patent,  irreparable. 

CLASS  vn. 

ACCOUTREMENTS,  IMPLEMENTS,  AND  EQUIPMENTS  POR  SMALL  ARMS, 
AND  HORSE  EQUIPMENTS  FOR  CAVALRY. 


Infantry  cartridge-boxes. 
Cartridge-box  plates. 
Cartridge-box  belts,  black  leather. 

Do.        do.        white    do. 
Cartridge-box  belt  plates. 


Bayonet  scabbards,  16  inches. 

Do.  do.    18  in.  black  frogs. 

Gun  slings. 

Waist  belts,  black  leather. 
Do.    belt  plates,  inf.  privates'. 


350 


Ordnance  Department. 


Waist  belt  plates,  inf.  sergeants'. 
Wipers  for  percussion  muskets. 
Ball  screws,  do. 

Screw  drivers,  do. 

Spring  vices  for  muskets. 
Cones  for  new  muskets. 

Do.       altered  do. 
Cap  pouches. 
Cone  picks. 
Rifle  cartridge  boxes. 
Rifle  cartridge-box  plates. 
Rifle  flasks. 
Rifle  ball  pouches. 
Rifle  pouch  and  flask  belts,  white. 

Do.  do.  black. 

Bayonet  scabbards,  Hall's  rifles. 
Bayonet  scabbard  belts    do. 
Wipers  for  percussion  rifles. 
Screw  drivers,       do. 
Spare  cones  for  rifles. 
Ball  screws,        do. 
Bullet  moulds,  do.      round  balls. 
Bullet  moulds,  do.      con.       do. 
Spring  vices. 


Cartridge  boxes  for  pistols. 
Cartridge-box  plates  for  pistols. 
Spring  vices,  do. 

Screw  drivers,  do. 

Bullet  moulds,  do. 

Ball  screws,  do. 

Spare  cones,  do. 

Screw  drivers  for  Colt's  pistols. 
Spring  vices,  do. 

Powder  flasks,  do. 

Bullet  moulds,  do. 

Artillery  sw^ord  belts. 
Cavahy  sabre  belts,  white,  old  pat. 
Cavalry  sabre  belt  plates,      do. 
Non-com'd   officers'   sword  belts, 

double  frogs,  black  leather. 
Non-com'd  offi.  sword-belt  plates. 
Horse  artillery  sabre  belts,  black. 
Holsters. 
Housings. 
Musket  flints. 
Rifle  flints. 

(saddles. 


Cavalry  equipments. 


(bridles. 


CLASS  vm. 


POWDEK,  AMMUKTITION  FOR  SMALL  AKMS,  &C.,  AND  MATERIALS. 


Cannon  powder,  lbs. 

Musket  powder,  do. 

Rifle  powder,  do. 

Mealed  powder,  do. 

Fulminate  of  mercury,  do. 

Nitre,  refined,  do. 

Sulphur,  crude,  do. 

Sulphur,  roll,  do. 

Sulphur,  flowers,  do. 

Sulphm-,  pulverized,  do. 

Pulverized  charcoal,  do. 
24  pdr.  cartridges,  6    lbs. 
12  pdr.       do.          2\  do. 
6  pdr.       do.          li  do. 
42  pdi\  cartridge  bags,  paper,  with 
flannel  bottoms. 


32  pdr.  cartridge  bags,  paper,  with 

flannel  bottoms. 
24  fidr.  cartridge  bags,  flannel. 
12  pdr.  do.  field,   do. 

6  pdr.  do.  do.       do. 

Musket  buck  and  ball  cartridges 

for  percussion  arms. 
Musket  buck  and  ball  cartridges 

for  flint  lock  arms. 
Rifle  ball  cart'ges  for  perc'n  arms. 
Pistol      do.  do.        do. 

Musketoon  ball  cartridges,  perc'n. 
Pistol  do.  flint. 

Musket  blank  cartridges. 
Rifle  do. 

Cartridges  for  Colt's  pistol. 


Ordnance  Department 


351 


Musket  balls,  pressed  (for  proving 

Percussion  caps  for  Colt's  pistols. 

muskets),                                lbs. 

Do.      primers  for  Maynard's 

Musket  balls,  pressed,               do. 

lock. 

Eifle             do.                          do. 

Do.      primers    for    cannon, 

Buckshot,                                   do. 

Hidden's. 

Laboratory  paper,  viz. : 

Friction  tubes. 

No.  1  (musket  cartridge),      do. 

Rockets,  war,  Congreve. 

No.  2  (wrapping),                   do. 

Rockets,  Hale's,  3^  inch. 

No.  3  (blank  cartridge),         do. 

Rockets,     do.     2k  do. 

Wrapping  paper  (No.  2)  wax'd,  do. 

Rockets,  1  inch,  signal. 

Wrapping  paper,                  quires. 

Fuzes,  10  inch,  filled. 

Priming  tubes,  filled. 

Fuzes,  8  inch,  filled. 

Portfires. 

Fuzes,  paper,  for  field  ammunition. 

Quick  match,                             lbs. 

Fuzes,  wooden,           do. 

Slow      do.                                  do. 

Blue  lights. 

Percussion  caps  for  small  arms. 

Fire  balls. 

CLAS 

S  DC. 

,  OR  INCOMPLETE    SETS   OF   ANY  OP  THE  AKTICLES   INSERTED  IN 
THE   PRECEDING   CLASSES. 


Parts  of  barbette  carriages,  viz. : 
Bevil  washers  for  32  pdr. 
Do.  24  pdr. 

Elevating  screws. 
Iron  work  for  24  pdr.  carriages  and 

chassis,  complete,  sets. 
Lunettes. 
Naves. 
Pintles. 

Pintle  plates,  32  pdr. 
Pipes,  32  pdr. 

Rollers,  32  pdr. 

Do.  24  pdr. 

Traverse  wheels. 

Parts  of  casemate  carriages,  viz. : 
Bed  plates  for  elevating  screws. 
Elevating  screws. 
Handles  for  elevating  screws. 
Iron  work  for  32  pdr.  carriages, 

complete,  sets. 
Pintles,  cast  iron. 
Traverse  wheels,  large. 


Traverse  wheels,  small. 

Truck  wheels. 

Trunnion  plates,  32  pdr.,  pairs. 

Parts  of  field  carriages,  viz. : 
Airbacks  for  forges. 
Axletrees  for  6  pdr.  gun  carriages. 

Do.      for  6  pdr.  limbers. 
Cap  squares,  6  pdr. 
Cap  square  chains. 
Cold  shut  S  links.  No.  3. 
Do.  No.  5. 

Elevating  screws  and  nuts. 
Fellies. 
Iron  work   for  6  pdr.  carriages, 

complete,  sets. 
Keys  for  ammunition  chests. 
Linch  pins. 
Lock  chains. 
Nails,  Nos.  1  and  2,  lbs. 
Nave  bands. 
Nave  boxes,  cast  iron. 
Nuts,  assorted. 


352 


Ordnance  Department, 


Pintle  hooks,  keys,  and  chains. 
Poles,  spare,  ironed. 
Pole  props. 
Pole  yokes. 

Rondelles,  6  pdr.,  large. 
Do.  do.     small. 

Splinter  bars.  , 
Spokes. 

Stocks,  6  pdr.  carriage,         ironed. 
Do.  caisson,  do. 

Do.  battery  wagon,  do. 

Tire  bolts,  nuts,  and  washers. 
Washers  for  axletrees,  linch. 
Do.  do.  shoulder. 

Do.      for  bolts,  assorted. 
Wheels,  spare. 

Parts  of  artillery  implements  : 
42  pdr.  rammer  heads. 
24  pdr.  do. 

12  pdr.  do. 

6  pdi'.  do. 

42  pdr.  sponge  heads. 
24  pdr.  do. 

12  pdr.  do. 

6  pdr.  do. 

8  inch  columbiad  sponge  heads 

and  staves,  for  bore. 
8  inch  columbiad  sponge  heads 
and  staves,  for  chamber. 
24  pdr.  sponge  heads  and  staves. 
6  pdr.  sponge  and  rammer  staves. 
6  pdr.  woim  staves. 
12  pdr.  ladles. 
Worms    for   siege    and   garrison 

guns. 
Thimbles  for  prolonges. 


Parts  of  artillery  harness,  viz. : 
Drivers'  saddles,  Grimsley's  pat'n. 
Valise        do.  do. 

Bridles,  Grimsley's  pattern. 
Bits,  brass  plated. 
Halters. 
Halter  chains. 
Collars. 
Girths. 

Traces,  leading,  leather. 
Traces,  wheel,         do. 
Leg  guards. 
Breast  straps. 
Breech  straps. 
Hames,  pairs. 

Parts  of  small  arms,  \\.z. : 
Stocks  for  percussion  muskets. 
Tumbler  screws,  do. 

Bridle  screws,  do. 

Sears,  for  percussion  muskets. 
I  Sear  screws,  do. 

Main-springs,  do. 

Main-spring  screws,  do. 
Sear-springs,  do. 

Sear-spring  screws,  do. 
Bayonets  for  Hall's  rifles. 

Parts  of  prepared  ammunition, 
viz. : 
Sabots  for  12  pdr.  field  gun. 
Sabots  for  12  pdr.  howitzer. 
Cylinders  and  caps  for  G  pdr.  field 

ammunition.. 
Plates  for  12  pdr.  canisters. 
Plates  for  24  pdr.  grape. 
Rocket  cases,  2^  inch,  Hale's. 
Rocket  cases,  paper,  1  in.,  signal. 


CLASS  X. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 


Garrison  gins,  old  pattern. 

Do.      with  ratchet  windlass. 
Casemate  gins,  do. 


Field  and  siege  gins,  with  ratchet 

windlass. 
Sling  carts,  large. 


Ordnance  Department 


353 


Sling  carts,  hand. 

Casemate  trucks. 

Hand  carts. 

'Store  trucks. 

Lifting  jacks. 

Tails  for  casemate  gins. 

Falls  for  garrison  gins. 

Falls  for  field  and  siege  gins. 

Treble  blocks,  iron. 

Double         do. 

Single  do. 

Gin  handspikes. 

Handspikes  for  mechan'l.  man'rs. 


Long  rollers, 

do. 

Short  rollers, 

do. 

Half  rollers, 

do. 

Blocks, 

do. 

Half  blocks. 

do. 

Quarter  blocks. 

do. 

Gun  chocks. 

do. 

Wheel  chocks  for  mechan'l  man'rs. 
Roller  do.  do. 

Skids,  do.  do. 


Shifting    planks    for    mechanical 

manoeuvres. 
Trunnion  chains. 
Mortar  eprouvettes. 
Beds  for        do. 
Balls  for        do. 
Rocket  conductors,  Hale's. 
Star  gauges,  with  rings,  for  in- 
specting cannon. 
42  pdr.  ring  gauges  for  shot,  large. 
Do.  small,  old. 

Do.  do.  new. 

13  in.  ring  gauges  for  shells,  large. 
Do.  small,  old. 

Do.  do.  new. 

42  pdr.  grape  shot  gauges,  large. 
42  pdr.  do.  small. 

Can'r.  shot  gauges  for  12  pdr.  gun. 
Do.  do.         how'r. 

Shell  callip'rs  for  thickness  of  sides. 
Do.  do.  bottom. 

42  pdr.  cylinder  gauges  for  shot. 
32  pdr.      do.  do 


PART   SECOND. 

TOOLS 
CLOTHS, 

AND  MATERLiLS. 

ROPES,  THREAD,  «S;C. 

Canvas, 

yards. 

Thread,  shoe, 

pounds. 

Cotton  cloth, 

do. 

Thread,  patent, 

do. 

Duck,  cotton, 

do. 

Tow, 

do. 

Linen,  brown. 

do. 

Twine,  bundling. 

do. 

Marline, 

pounds. 

Worsted  stuff, 

yards. 

Rope,  hemp. 

do. 

Yarn,  cotton. 

pounds. 

Rope,  Manilla, 

do. 

Yarn,  packing, 

do. 

Sash  cord. 

do. 

'Yarn,  woolen, 

do. 

FORAGE. 

Bran,    bush. 

1  Oats,     bush. 

Hay,        lbs. 

Straw,     lbs. 

354 


Ordnance  Department, 


IRONMONGERY. 

Bolts,  door, 

No. 

Mica,  sheet. 

pounds. 

Brass,  sfceet, 

pounds. 

Nails,  iron,  cut. 

do. 

Buckles,  iron, 

No. 

Do.    wrought. 

do. 

Do.      brass. 

do. 

Do.    finishing. 

do. 

Chains,  iron. 

pounds. 

Do.    horseshoe. 

do. 

Chalk, 

do. 

Do.    bellows. 

do. 

Copper,  sheet, 

do. 

Do.    copper, 

do. 

Do.     bar. 

do. 

PuUies,  brass, . 

No. 

Do.     cake, 

do. 

Rasps, 

do. 

Do.     scrap, 

do. 

Rivets  and  burrs. 

iron,    pounds. 

Emery, 

do. 

Do. 

copper,      do. 

Files,  assorted, 

No. 

Sand  paper. 

quires. 

Glue, 

pounds. 

Screws,  wood,  assorted.        No. 

Hinges,  iron,  butt. 

pairs. 

Spelter  solder, 

pounds. 

Do.     brass,  do. 

do. 

Steel,  cast. 

do. 

Horseshoes, 

pounds. 

Do.    blister, 

do. 

Iron,  bar. 

do. 

Do.    shear. 

do. 

Do.  sheet. 

do. 

Do.    scrap. 

do. 

Do.  plate. 

do. 

Tacks,  iron. 

papers. 

Do.  scrap. 

do. 

Do.    copper. 

pounds. 

Do.  castings. 

do. 

Tin,  block. 

do. 

Lead,  pig, 

do. 

Do.  sheets. 

do. 

Do.   sheet. 

do. 

Tubing,  wrought 

iron,          feet. 

Do.   scrap. 

do. 

Wire,  iron, 

pounds. 

Locks,  assorted. 

No. 

Do.    brass, 

do. 

Do.     magazine. 

do. 

Do.    steel, 

do. 

T.ABORATOB 

.T   STORES. 

Acid,  nitric. 

pounds. 

Gum  shellac, 

pounds. 

Do.  muriatic. 

do. 

Nitrate  barytes. 

do. 

Alcohol, 

do. 

Nitrate  strontian. 

do. 

Antimony,  sulphuret,      do. 

Quicksilver, 

do. 

Borax, 

do. 

Rosin, 

do. 

Beeswax, 

do. 

Sal  ammoniac, 

do. 

Camphor, 

do. 

Soap, 

do. 

Chlorate  potash, 

do. 

Sponge, 

do. 

Chloride  lime. 

do. 

Tallow, 

do. 

Flour, 

do. 

Whisky, 

gallons. 

Gum  arabic, 

do. 

Ordnance  Department, 


355 


LUMBER. 

Oun  Carriage  Timber^  and  Building  Materials. 


For  12  pdr.  stocktrail  carriage : 

Gun  carriage  stocks. 
Axle  bodies. 

For  six  pdr.  stocktrail  carriage : 
Gun  carriage  stocks. 
Axle  bodies. 
Cheeks. 

Axle  bodies  for  limbers. 
Poles,  do. 

Hounds,  do. 

Forks,  do. 

Splinter  bars,        do. 
Front  footboards,  do. 
Axle  bodies  for  caissons. 
Stocks,  do. 

Middle  rails,  do. 
Side  rails,  do. 

Cross  bars,  do. 

Front  footboards,  do. 
Hind  footboards,  do. 
Stocks  for  forges. 

Axle  bodies,    .  do. 

Side  rails,  do. 

Middle  rails,  do. 

Cross  bars,  do. 

Studs,  plates,  and  guides,  do. 
Ends  for  coal  boxes. 
Sides,  do. 

Bottoms,     do. 
Lids,  do. 

Axle  bodies  for  battery  wagons. 
Stocks,  do. 

Lower  side  rails,       do. 
Upper      do.  do. 

Ridge  poles,  do. 

Ends  for  ammunition  chests. 

Sides,  do. 

Frames  for  covers,     do. 
Panels,  do. 


Bottoms     for  ammunition  chests. 
Cover  linings,  do. 

Principal  partitions,  do. 
Naves  for  field  carriages. 

Spokes,  do. 

Fellies,  do. 

Trail  handspikes,  do. 

Legs  for  siege  and  gamson  gins. 


Pry  poles. 
Windlasses, 
Upper  braces, 
Middle  do. 
Lower    do. 


do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 


Handspikes  for  gins. 

For  32  pdr.  casemate  gun  car- 
riage : 
Cheeks. 

Front  transoms. 
Rear         do. 
Slides. 
Axletrees. 

For  32  pdr.  casemate  chassis : 
Tongues. 

Hurters  and  guides. 
Rails. 

Front  transoms. 
Rear        do. 

For  32  pdr.  barbette  top  car- 
riage : 
Uprights. 
Braces. 

Front  transoms. 
Middle    do. 

For  32  pdr.  barbette  chassis : 
Tongues. 
Rails. 
Hurters. 
Front  transoms. 
Middle    do. 


356 


Ordnance  Department, 


Rear  transoms. 
Props. 

Spokes  for  barbette  carriages. 
Handspikes  for  do. 

Plank,  poplar,  for  interior  of  am- 
munition chests,  feet. 
Plank,  ash,  for  implements,      do. 

Do.    walnut,  do. 

Do.    cherry,  do. 

Do.    beech,  do. 

Do.    white  pine,  do. 

Do.    yellow  pine,  do. 

Note. — The  number  of  pieces  of  timber  for  each  part  of  a  gun  carriage,  &c., 
should  be  reported  separately,  as  above.  Miscellaneous  plank,  scantling,  &c., 
should  be  stated  in  board  measure. 


Scantling,    maple. 

for 

rammer 

heads. 

feet. 

Scantling,     poplar. 

for 

sponge 

heads. 

feet. 

Scantling,  ash. 

do. 

Building  materials : 

Brick,  red, 

No. 

Do.   fire, 

do. 

Eire  clay, 

barrels. 

Lime, 

do. 

Sand, 

loads. 

Slates, 

No. 

LEATHER  Aia>  MATERIALS  FOR  HARNESS   WORK. 


Leather,  buff. 

sides. 

Leather,  sole. 

pounds. 

Do.      bridle. 

do. 

Sheep  skins,  with  wool.          No. 

Do.      kip, 

do. 

Do.         tanned. 

do. 

Do.      thong. 

do. 

Black  wax. 

pounds 

Do.      collar. 

do. 

Bristles, 

do. 

Do.      harness. 

pounds. 

Hair, 

do. 

Do.      band, 

do. 

Raw  hides, 

No. 

Do.      skirting. 

do. 

Whip  stocks, 

do. 

PAINTS,  OILS 

,  GLASS,  &c. 

Chrome  green, 

pounds. 

Pumice  stone, 

pounds. 

Coal  tar. 

gallons. 

Prussian  blue. 

do. 

Copperas, 

pounds. 

Paint,  mixed,  olive. 

do. 

Glass,  window. 

feet. 

do.          black. 

do. 

Lacker  for  cannon,      gallons. 

Spirits  of  turpentine, 

gallons. 

Lampblack, 

pounds. 

Tar, 

do. 

Lead,  white. 

do. 

Umber, 

pounds. 

Litharge, 

do. 

Varnish,  copal. 

gallons. 

Oil,  linseed. 

gallons. 

do.      Japan, 

do. 

Oil,  neatsfoot, 

do. 

Vermilion, 

pounds. 

Oil,  sperm. 

do. 

Whiting, 

do. 

Ochre,  yellow, 

pounds. 

Zinc  paint,  white. 

do. 

Putty, 

pounds. 

Ordnance  Department 


357 


STATIONERY. 

Books,  office,  blank. 

Pencils,  lead.          No. 

luk,  black, 

gallons. 

Pens,  steel,              do. 

Ink,  red, 

pints. 

Pasteboard,          pounds. 

India-rubber, 

pieces. 

Quills,                      No. 

Paper,  letter. 

quires. 

Sealing-wax,        pounds. 

Do.    cap. 

do. 

Tape,                    pieces. 

Do.    envelope. 

do. 

Wafers,                pounds. 

Do.    blotting, 

do. 

Ordnance  Manual. 

Do.    drawing, 

sheets. 

TOC 

Ordnance  Kegulations. 

)LS. 

Adzes,  carpenters 

\ 

Clamps,  iron. 

Do.    coopers'. 

Claw  tools. 

Alphabets,  sets. 

Compasses. 

Andirons,  pairs. 

Countersinks. 

Anvils. 

Diamonds,  glaziers'. 

Augers,  assorted. 

Drawing  knives. 

Awls,  saddlers'. 

Dredging  boxes. 

Axes,  broad. 

Drifts,  assorted. 

Do.  felling. 

Drills,       do. 

Do.   hand. 

Drill  bows. 

Bellows,  hand. 

Figure  stamps,  sets. 

Benches,  laboratory. 

Fire  buckets. 

Bevels,  assorted. 

Fire  engines. 

Bick  irons. 

Flasks,  moulders',  wood. 

Bits,  auger. 

Do.           do.         iron. 

'Blocks  for  tackle. 

Flatners. 

Braces. 

Forks,  hay. 

Brace  bits. 

Do.    straining. 

Brushes,  dusting 

Formers,  cast  iron,  assorted. 

Do.       paint. 

Do.       laboratory,    do. 

Do.       whitewash. 

Do.       for  musket  cartridges. 

Chasing  tools. 

Do.       for  rifle  cartridges. 

Cherries. 

Fullers,  assorted. 

Chisels,  cold. 

Funnels,  copper. 

Do.     firmer. 

Do.       glass. 

Do.      framing. 

Furnaces,  tinners'. 

Do.      splitting. 

Gauges,  assorted. 

Do.     for  turning  wood. 

Do.      wire. 

Clamps,  wood. 

Do.      cutting. 

358 


Ordnance  Departinmt 


Gauges  for  rockets. 

Do.     for  portfires. 
Gimlets,  assorted. 
Glue  pots. 
Gouges,  carpenters'. 

Do.      turners'. 

Do.      stockers'. 
Grindstones. 
Hacksaw  frames. 
Hammers,  bench. 
Do.        copper. 
Do.         creasing. 
Do.         hand. 
Do.         planishing. 
Do.         trimming. 
Hand  barrows. 
Hardies. 

Hatchets,  assorted. 
Heading  tools. 
Hoes. 

Holdfasts,  bench. 
Horses,  draft. 

Do.      saddlers',  wood. 
Instruments,  drawing,  cases  of. 
Jugs. 
Kettles,  lead. 

Do.      copper. 

Do.      varnish. 
Knives,  pallet. 

Do.      putty. 

Do.     round,  saddlers*. 

Do.      shoe. 
Ladders. 

Do.      step. 
Ladles,  large. 

Do.     lead. 
Lanterns. 
Lathes,  hand. 

Do.     engine. 
Level  and  plumb. 
Mallets. 
Mandiills,  assorted. 


Marlinespikes. 

Measuring  lines. 

Milling  tools. 

Mortars  and  pestles,  brass. 

Nippers,  cutting. 

Oil  stones. 

Paint  mills. 

Pans,  copper. 

Do.   paste. 

Do.   stone. 
Pick  axes. 
Pincers,  saddlers'. 
Plyers. 
Punches,  saddlers'. 

Do.       for  cutting  rifle  patches. 
Do.       for  stencils. 
Rakes. 

Reamers,  assorted. 
Rules,  carpenters'. 
Saws,  compass. 

Do.    cross-cut. 

Do.    circular. 

Do.    hand. 

Do.    tenon. 

Do.   web. 

Do.    whip. 
Saw  sets. 
Scales  and  beams,  .large. 

Do.  do.  small. 

Scales,  counter. 

Do.      graduated. 
Scissors. 
Scoops,  copper. 
Screw  plates  and  taps. 
Screw  drivers. 
Scythes. 
Scythe  sneaths. 
Sets,  nail. 
Shears,  tinners'. 

Do.     small. 
Shovels. 
Shoeing  tools,  sets  of. 


Ordnance  Department, 


359 


Sickles. 

Sieves,  composition. 

Do.     parchment. 

Do.     assorted. 
Sledges. 
Soldering  irons. 
Spades. 
Spatulas. 
Spirit  levels. 
Spoke  shaves. 
Spy  glasses. 
Squares,  trying. 
Stakes,  bench. 
Straight  edges. 
Swedges. 
Sand  screens. 
Taps,  screw. 
Ticklers. 
Tongs,  tinners',  grooving. 

Do.     smiths'. 
Tools  for  cutting  wood  screws. 


Tools  for  turning  iron. 

Do.   for  making  paper  fuzes. 

Do.    for  bending  sheet  iron. 

Do.   for  making  metal  fuzes. 
Trammels. 
Trestles. 
Tube  moulds. 
Tube  wires. 
Vices,  bevel. 

Do.     bench. 

Do.     breeching. 

Do.     hand. 
Water  buckets. 
Watering  pots. 
Wheels,  buffing. 
Wheelbarrows. 
Wheel  cutters. 
Wrenches,  screw. 
Do.        tap. 
Do.        assorted. 


Arm  chests. 

Barrels. 

Baskets. 

Boxes,  packing. 

Brooms. 

Canisters,  tin. 

Carboys. 

Corks. 

Coal,  bituminous,  bushels  or  tons. 

Coal,  anthracite,  pounds. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ARTICLES. 

Coal,  charred,  bushels. 
Demijohns. 
Lightning-rod  points. 
Oil  cans,  large. 
Pumps. 
Plows. 
Safes,  iron. 
Salt,  bushels. 
Wood,  oak,  cords. 
Do.     pine,  do. 


Ord?ia7ice  Department ....  Fonas, 


861 


Form  No.  1. 


RETURN 


Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores  received,  issued,  and 
remaining  on  hand,  at  arsenal,  com- 
MANDED BY  Major  A.  B.,  durino  the 

QUARTER  ENDING  ^,-  18 . 


Ordnance  Department ,,..  Forms.  363 


PART  FIRST. 


ARTILLERY,  SMALL  ARMS,  AMMUNITION,  AND  OTHER 
ORDNANCE  STORES. 


B64 


Ordnance  Department Forms. 


Form  No.  1. — 


CLASS  I. — ORD- 


DATE. 

18—. 


April. 
May. . 

June. 


May.. 
June . 


BECOKD  QUAETEE,  18 — . 


On  hand  from  last  quarter 
Rec'd  from  C.  D.,  Military  Storekeeper 
Do.    do.    E.  F.,  contractor  at 

Do.    do.    Capt.  G.  H., regiment 

of  artillery 

Fabricated  at    the    post   during    the 
quarter,  per  abstract 


Purchased  during  the  quarter,  per  ab- 
stract   

Repaired  during  the  quarter 


Total  to  be  accounted  for. . . 


Condemned  and  dropped  from  the  re 
turn  by  order  of  the  President  of  the 

United  States 

Issued  to  sundry  persons,  per  abstract 
Expended  at  the  post,  per  abstract. . . 
Issued  for  current  service,  per  abstract 
Repaired  during  the  quarter 


Total  issued  and  expended  . 


Remaining  on  hand  to  be  accounted 
for  next  quarter 


BEA88  GUNS. 


English 
trophies. 


Mexi- 
can. 


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Ordnance  Department. . . , Forms, 


365 


Property  Return, 


nOWlTZEBS.  MOETAB8. 


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how'bs. 


UK8EKVICEABLK. 


CLASS    II. — ARTILLERY 


FIELD  AKTILLEEY. 


1?AR- 
IJETTE, 


U.  States.     French. 


Brass 
guns. 


Iron 
guns. 


366 


Ordnance  Department,. .  .Forms. 


Form  No.  1. — 


CARRIAGE  S. 

CLASS  III.— ARTILLERY  EQUIPMENTS  AND  IMPLEMENTS. 

CASEMATE. 

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LOOKS. 

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367 


Property  Return. — Continued. 


CL.  IT. CAN.  BALLS. 

CL,  V. — FIXED  AMMUNITION, 
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Form  No.  1. — 


ARMS. 

CL.  Vn. — ^ACCOUTREMENTS. 

CLASS  Vni. — POWDER,  &C. 

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369 


property  Return- 

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CLASS  IX. — PARTS  OP  ARTILLERY  CARRIAGES. 

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PART  SECOND. 


TOOLS  AND  MATEEIALS. 


372 


Ordnance  Department, . .  .Forms. 


Form  No.  1. — 


CLOTH,  EOPE,  THREAD,  &C. 

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Property  Return — Continued. 


373 


LABORATORY  STORES. 

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374 


Ordnance  Department Forms^ 


Form  No.  1. — 


PAINTS  AND  OILS. 

STATIONERY. 

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Property  Return — Continued.  , 

I  certify  that  the  foregoing  Return  exhibits  a  correct  statement  of 

the  public  property  in  my  charge  during  the quarter,  18 — . 

A.  B.,  Captain  Commanding. 

U.  S.  Arseiial  (Armory  or  Post), 

,  18-. 

Note.— For  the  quarter  ending  30th  June  add  a  certificate  that  an  accurate  in- 
ventory of  property  has  been  made,  and  the  return  corrected  accordingly.  Abstracts 
of  the  receipts  and  issuei  will  be  made  when  their  number  makes  it  more  con- 
venient. 


376 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms. 


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Form  No.  G. 

Statement  of  serviceable  matei'ials  obtained  from  the  breaking  up  of  con- 
demned Ordnance  or  Ordnance  Stores,  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 

of ,  18-. 

(See  Form  No.  10.) 


400 
200 
50 
30 
50 


lbs.  wrought  iron. 
"    cast  iron. 
"    brass. 
"    copper. 

"    old  rope  for  junk. 
"    leather. 


(Signed)  A.  B.,  Captain  Commanding. 

(In  duplicate.) 


Endorsement  to  be  as  follows: 

No. . 

Materials  obtained  from 

condemned  stores, 
quarter,  - — ,  18 — » 


Form  No.  7. 


Received this  day  of ,  1 8 — ,  of  Captain  

,  commanding ,  the  following  Ordnance  and  Ordnance 


Store 


3 

500 


32  pounder  iron  cannon. 
24        "       casemate  carriages,  complete. 
24        *'       barbette  carriages,  complete, 
muskets,  new,  brown. 


C.  D.,  Major  Commanding. 
(In  duplicate.) 


Endorsement  to  be  as  follows : 

No. . 

Receipts  for  issues  to  the  Army, 
quarter, ,  18 — . 

NoTE.--When  the  receipt  of  the  officer  to  whom  the  stores  are  issued  is  not  re- 
ceived by  the  issuing  officer  in  time  to  accompany  his  property  return,  his  certified 
invoice  and  the  receipt  of  the  quartermaster  for  the  packages  will  be  substituted 
for  this  voucher. 


Ordnance  Department ..,,  Forms,     .  381 


Form  No.  8. 

I  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  received  of  the  United  States,  by  the  hands  of 
.  of  the  United  States  Army,  the  following  arms  and  accoutrements, 


viz.  r 

100  common  rifles,  equal  in  value  to 123    1-13  muskets. 

100  sets  accouti-ements  (black  leather)  for  rifles, 

equal  in  value  to 2111-13  do. 

350  pistols equal  in  value  to 215    5-13  do. 

50  artillery  sworcTs do IG    4-13  do. 

175  cavalry  sabres do 80  10  13  do. 

175 do belts do 15    413  do. 

1000  muskets do 1000  do. 

500,  sets  accoutrements  for  muskets  (black  leather), 

equal  in  value  to 115  10-13  do. 

4  6  pdr.  iron  cannon.  ^ 

4  6  pdr.  field  carriages,  with  >  equal  in  value  to  110    3-13  do. 
equipments  complete.     ) 

Total 1698    9-13  do. 


The  whole  being  equivalent  to  sixteen  hundred  and  ninety-eight  and  nine-thir- 
teenths muskets,  which  are  received  on  account  of  the  quota  of  arms  due  to  the 

of ,  under  the  act  of  April,  1808,  for  arming  the  whole  body  of  the  militia,  and 

for  which  I  have  signed  triplicate  receipts. 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  18 — . 

(Signed)  A.  B.,  Governor  or  Agent  of  the  State  of . 

(To  be  given  in  triplicate.) 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows : 

No. . 

Beoeipts  for  issues  to  the  Militia. 


382 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms. 


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RJENT-ROLL. 


Statement  of  Dwelling-Houses  "belonging  to  the  United  States  at  - 

Armory  (or  Arsenal),  and  of  the  rents  due  thereon,  on 

18—. 


No. 


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BY  WHOM  OCCUPIED. 


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A.  B.,  Com'ding  officer's  clerk. 
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each.  A.  B.,  Commanding  OJicer, 

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Fonn  No.  19. 

Received, Arsenal, ,  18—,  of  3Iajor -, 

One  field  officer's  sword. 
One  pair  percussion  pistols, 

for  which  I  have  paid  the  said  Major the  cost  price, dollars. 

W-  A.  N.,  . 

Ma^w ArtMero* 

<To  be  made  in  duplicate.) 


Endorsement  to  be  as  follows: 

No. . 

Receipt  for  stores 

issued  to  Major  W.  A.  N. 

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Form  No.  21. 


Estimate  of  Funds  required  at  - 


0/18—. 


-  Arsenal  during  the  fourth  quarter 


ORDNANCE    SERVICE. 

Police  and  preservation  of  Post 

Placing  arms  in  racks 

Tools  and  machinery 

Fuel  for  steam  engine 

Public  horses 

Office  duties 

Due  U.  S.  from  last  quarter 

Amount  required 

ORDNANCE,  ORDNANCE   STORES,  AND  SUPPLIES, 

Making  sling  carts 

Making  lifting  jacks 

Purchase  of  lumber  for  packing  boxes,  &c 

Due  from  U.  S.  last  quarter 

Amount  required 

Total  amount  required 


$430  00 

500  00 

300  00 

350  00 

150  00 

200  00 

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222  52 


$1800  00 


1700  00 


$3500  00 


EEQTJIKED  IN  SUMS  AS  FOLLOWS: 


Month. 

Ordnance  serr- 
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Ordnance,  ord- 
nance stores,  and 
supplies. 

Amount 

October 

$500  00 
500  00 
800  00 

$700  00 
500  00 
500  00 

$1200  00 

1000  00 

December    

1300  00 

Total 

$1800  00 

$1700  00 

$3500  00 

(To  &e  signed  by  the  commanding  officer.) 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms. 


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Form  No.  24. 


State  op  - 


I, ,  bom  in ,  aged years,  and  by  occupation  a  - 


do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily  enlisted  this day  of ,  18—, 

as  a of  ordnance,  in  the  army  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  pe- 
riod of  five  years,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  proper  authority ;  do  also  agree  to 
accept  such  bounty,  pay,  rations,  and  clothing,  as  is  or  may  be  established  by  law. 

And  I, ,  do  solemnly  swear  that  I  Avill  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance 

to  the  United  States  of  America,  and  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and  faithfullji 
against  all  their  enemies  and  opposers  whomsoever ;  and  that  I  will  observe  and 
obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  ofl&cers 
appointed  over  me,  according  to  the  Rules  and  Articles  of  War,  and  the  regulations 
which  govern  enlisted  men  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 

J.  G.,  Recruit. 
Sworn  and  subscribed  to,  at  - 


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this day  of ,  18 — . 

S.  M.,  Magistrate. 

I  certify,  on  honor,  that  I  have  carefully  examined  the  above-named  recruit,  and 
that,  in  my  opinion,  he  is  free  from  all  bodily  defects  and  mental  infirmity  which 
would  in  any  way  disqualify  him  from  performing  the  duties  of  a of  ord- 
nance.                                                                            A.  B.,  Examining  Surgeon. 

I  certify,  on  honor,  that  I  have  minutely  inspected  the  recruit, , 


previously  to  his  enlistment^  who  was  entirely  sober  when  enlisted ;  and  that,  to  the 
best  of  my  judgment  and  belief,  he  is  of  lawful  age,  and  a  competent  mechanic 

(carriage-maker,  or  otherwise,  as  the  case  may  be).     This  recruit  has eyes, 

hair, complexion ;  is feet inches  high. 

(Duplicates.)  C,  D.,  Recruiting  (or  Enlisting)  Officer. 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows: 

Jonas  Gould, Arsenal, 

February ,  18 — . 

NOTB.— In  making  tip  and  endorsing  enlistments,  see  General  Regulations  for  the 
Army. 


398 


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Ordnance  Department, . .  .Forms. 


Form  No.  27. 
Summary  statement  of  work  done  at  -— • Arsenal  in  the  month  of 


-  18-. 


Articles  fabricated. 

Otiwr  work  done. 

4  6-pounder  field  carriages. 

500  pounds  of  powder  proved. 

200  12-pounder  sponges. 

50  24-pounder  cannon  lackered. 

100  port-fires. 

Inclosures  repaired. 

10,000  musket  ball  cartridges. 

Barracks  painted  and  cleaned,  &c.,  &c. 

Tools. 

2  hand  hammers. 
20  powder  measures. 

Supplies  forwarded  to  ,  in  pur- 

suance   of  Order  ^'o.  ,  received 

Unfinished. 

2  6-pounder  field  carriages. 

1  6-pounder  caisson. 

T^pppivprl  "Trnm . 

10  sets  iron  work  for  barbette 

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riages,  &c.,  &c. 

50  24-pounder  cannon. 
500  pounds  cannon  powder. 

Stairs  finished  in  new  store-house. 

This 

1000  sets  of  infantry  accoutrements. 

building  is  now  completed,  except 

plastering  and  painting. 

Hired  men. 

Enlisted  men. 

S  master  workmen. 

1  master  wdrkman. 

30  mechanics. 

10  mechanics. 

5  laborers. 

6  laborers. 

(To  he  signed  by  the  commanding  officer.) 

Note. — This  statement  should  exhibit  such  particulars  as  are  necessary  to  give  a 
correct  view  of  what  has  been  done  at  the  post  during  the  month,  without  descend- 
ing into  very  minute  details.  Work  may,  when  necessary,  be  reported  in  parts ; 
but  the  articles  reported  as  fabricated  should  accord  with  the  quarterly  abstract. 
In  cases  where  new  buildings  or  other  extensive  works  are  in  progress,  after  stating 
the  particulars  of  the  work  done,  the  extent  to  which  the  work  has  advanced,  and 
its  condition  at  the  end  of  the  month,  should  be  stated. 


^indorsement  to  be  as  follows : 

Work  done, 

Arsenal, 

December ,  18—. 


402 


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Form  No.  28. 


Return  of  the  Officers,  Armorers^  and  others  employed  at  the 


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A.  B.,  Superintendent. 


Note. — This  return  will  be  limited  to  sudi  operations  as  are  carried  on  under  the 
appropriation  for  armories.  Persons  employed,  or  work  done,  at  armories,  under 
other  appropriations,  will  he  separately  reported. 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows: 

Monthly  Eeturn. 
Armory,  October ,  18 — . 


404 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms. 


Inventory  of  Stores  at  ■ 


Form  No.  29. 

•  Arsenal,  SOth  June,  185 — ,  and  re- 
inventory  was 


Articles. 

Description,  cendition, 
and  explanations. 

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Prices  which  are  not  established  by  the  regulations,  or  by  instractions  from  the 
Ordnance  OflEice,  or  the  Inspector  of  Arsenals  and  Armories,  will  be  determined  by 
reference  to  the  first  cost  of  the  property,  when  it  can  be  ascertained,  allowing  for 
such  alterations  as  may  have  affected  the  original  value. 

In  estimating  the  cost  of  the  labor  of  enlisted  men,  their  time  will  be  charged  at 
the  following  rates : 

Master  workmen $1  30  per  day  \ 

Mechanics 90        ''       (    For  the  whole  year,  Sundays 

Artificers TO        "       /*  included. 

Laborers ^^       "      j 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms, 


405 


(To  be  printed.) 

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rendered. 


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Note. — In  printing  the  inventories  for  the  national  armories,  the  necessary  altera- 
tions are  made  in  the  headings  of  the  several  columns  to  adapt  them  to  the  circum 
stances  of  the  cas^e. 

SSigncd  by  the  commanding  officer.) 


406  Ordnance  Department, . .  .Forms, 


Form  No.  30. 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  this day  of ,  IS—,  inspected  and  proved 

twenty  twenty-four  pounder  iron  cannon  (or  other  ordnance,  or  shot  or  shells,  as 
the  case  may  he)  manufactured  by  J.  M.,  of  C.  D.  C,  under  his  contract  (agree- 
ment, or  open  purchase,  as  the  case  may  be)  witli  the  United  States,  dated . 

And  I  do  further  certify  that  tlie  said  cannon  (or  other  ordnance,  or  shot,  or 
shells,  as  the  case  may  be)  have  been  inspected  and  proved  by  me  in  exact  accord- 
ance with  the  regulations  established  in  the  Ordnance  Department  for  the  proof  and 
inspection  of  ordnance  before  its  reception  for  the  service  of  the  United  States ; 
that  the  said  cannon  have  been  numbered  and  weighed,  and  that  their  numbers 
and  corresponding  weights  are  as  follows,  viz. : 

No.  20 5660  lbs. 

21 5652     " 

22 5640    " 

&c.,  &c.,  &c. 

Total  weight lbs. 


The  total  weight  of  the  cannon  being  equivalent  to pounds. 

I  further  certify  that  the  total  weight  of  the  shot  (or  shells,  as  the  case  may  be) 

used  in  the  proof  of  said  guns  amounts  to pounds. 

Given  under  my  hand,  at  the ,  this day  of ^  18—. 

(Signed)  i  W.  J.  W.,  Major  of  Ordnance, 

In^ect&r  of  Ordnance  at  the  foundries. 


RECAPITULATION. 
20  24-pounder  cannon  (or  other  ordnance,  or  shot,  or  shells,  as  the  case  may  be). 


C.  F., ,  18—. 

77ie  United  States, 

To  J.  M.y  Dk. 

For  20  24-pounder  cannon,  weight lbs.,  at  $ per  100  lbs $000  00 

For  24-pounder  shot  used  in  proving  the  same,  weighing ll^s.,  at 

per lb 000  00 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms.  407 


Form  No.  30. — Continued. 

Received, ,  18 — ,  on  the  ground  of  the  C.  F.,  the  above  20  24-pounder  cannon. 

(Signed)  A.  M.,  Captain  of  Ordnance^ 

or  Military  Storekeeper. 
(To  be  given  in  triplicate.) 

Note. — Two  of  the  triplicates  are  to  be  forwarded  by  the  contractor  to  the  Ord- 
nance Office — one  being  intended  for  the  Treasury,  and  one  for  the  Ordnance  Office ; 
the  third  is  retained  by  the  contractor. 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows : 

Certificate  of  Inspection 

of pdr.  cannon  (or  shot  or  shells), 

at Foundry, .  18— ^ 


408 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms, 

Form  No.  31.— 
Inspection  and  Proof  of 


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Ordnance  Department ....  Forms, 

(To  be  printed.) 

at  the Foundry,  18 — . 


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Form  No.  31.- 


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Inspection  report  of pounder  cannon, 

at Foundry, ,  18-^ 


Ordnance  Department ....  Forms. 


411 


Insjiectiony  &,c. — Continued. 


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-  Foundry,  - 


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412 


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Form  No.  32. 


FOUNDEY,  ,  18 — . 

Proof  and  Inspection  of irich  shells, pounder  shot,  &c. 


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►  as  per  certificate  of  inspection  of  this  date. 


I  certify  that  the  proof  and  inspection  above  referred  to  have  been  carefully 
made,  and  that  this  report  is  in  all  respects  correct. 

(Signed)  "W.  J.  W.,  ilajor  of  Ordnance, 

Inspector  of  Cannon  at  Foundries. 


Endorsement  to  be  as  follows : 
Inspection  Report  of inch  shells 


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Form  No.  34. 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  this day  of ,  18 — ,  inspected  and  approved 

three  hundred  and  twenty  muskets,  three  hundred  and  twenty  screw-drivers,  three 
hundred  and  twenty  wipers,  thirty-two  ball-screws,  thirty-two  spring  vices,  and 
three  hundred  and  twenty  spare  flint  caps,  and  sixteen  packing-boxes  (or  rifles,  pis- 
tols, carbines,  HalFs  rifles,  and  their  appendages,  cavalry  sabres  or  swords,  accou- 
trements, &c.,  as  the  case  may  be),  manufactured  by  A.  W.,  of  Millbury,  Massachu- 
setts, under  his  contract  (agreement,  or  upon  purchase,  as  the  case  may  be)  with  the 
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And  I  further  certify  that  the  said  arms  and  appendages  have  been  inspected  ac- 
cording to  the  regulations  established  in  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  that  they 
conform  to  the  standard  models  and  the  established  gauges ;  that  they  are  of  good 
quality  and  workmanship ;  that  they  are  securely  packed  in  good  strong  boxes ; 
and  that  they  are,  in  all  respects,  conformable  to  the  contract. 

I  also  certify  that,  according  to  my  best  judgment,  the  true  value  of  each  pack- 
ing-box is dollars  and cents. 

Given  under  my  hand  at  Millbury, ,  this day  of ,  18 — . 

(Signed)  J.  M.,  Asst.  to  Inspector  of  Arms. 

Approved : 

(Signed)  H.  K  C,  Major  of  Ordrmnce, 

Inspector  of  the  contract  sermce, 

RECAPITULATION. 
320  muskets  and  appendages  (or  other  small  arms,  as  the  case  may  be),  viz.  : 
320  muskets.  320  ramlteds. 

820  bayonets.  320  screw-drivers,  &c 


Mellbuet,  MABB.y  November,  18—. 
The  United  States, 

To  A.  TT.,  J>R. 

For  320  muskets,  with  bayonets  and  ramrods,  at  $*  each $000  00 

320  screw-drivers,^ 

„^  ,    „     '  >•  Appendages,  at  •— .—  cents  for  each  musket 000  00 

32  ball-screws,      t 

32  spring  vices,   J 
16  packing-boxes,  $2  50  each. 
Transportation  of  16  boxes  from  Millbury,  Massachusetts,  to  the  Water- 
town  Arsenal,  at  $1  20  per  box 000  00 


Ordnance  Department . . .   Forms.  415 

Received,  Watertowa  Arsenal, November,  18—,  sixteen  boxes,  containing 

three  hundred  and  twenty  mirskets  and  appendages  above  mentioned. 

The  transportation  of  arms  from  Millbury  to  Watertown  Arsenal  is  estimated  at 
■  one  dollar  and  twenty  cents  per  box. 

(Signed)  H.  K.  C,  Major  of  Ord.  Com'g, 

CTo  be  given  in  triplicate. ) 

Notes, — This  form  of  certificate  will  be  used  for  every  species  of  small  arms  and 
accoutrements  manufactured  for  the  militar>  service  of  the  United  States. 

Tavo  of  the  triplicates  are  forwarded  by  the  contractor  to  the  Ordnance  Oflfice,  one 
being  intended  for  the  Treasury,  and  one  for  the  Ordnance  Office  •  the  third  is  re- 
tained by  the  contractor. 


Endorsement  to  be  as  follows  • 

Certificate  of  inspection  of 

muskets  (rifles,  pistols,  &c.) 
quarter, ,  18 — . 


416 


Ordnance  Department, . .  .Forms. 


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Form  No.  38. 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  this day  of ,  18 — ,  inspected  an#  proved 

ten  barrels  of  cannon  powder  (or  musket  or  rifle  powder,  as  the  case  may  be),  num- 
bered 1,  2,  3,  5,  7,  8,  9,  11,  13,  and  15,  manufactured  by  A.  B.,  of ,  under  his 

contract  (agreement,  or  open  purchase,  aa  the  case  may  be)  with  the  United  States, 
dated ,  18—. 

And  I  further  <*brtify  that  the  said  cannon  (or  musket  or  rifle  powder,  as  the  case 
may  be)  has  been  inspected  and  proved  by  me  in  exact  accordance  with  the  regula- 
tions established  in  the  Ordnance  Department  for  the  proof  and  inspection  of  gun- 
powder before  its  reception  for  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  that  the  weight 
of  the  powder  in  each  of  the  above-mentioned  barrels,  saving  only  so  much  as  was 
used  by  me  in  the  proof  and  inspection,  is  one  hundred  pounds. 

Given  under  my  hand,  at  the  Powder  Works  of  A.  B.,  this day  of — '■ — ,  18 — 

CTo  he  signed  by  the  Proving  OJJlcer.) 

RECAPITULATION. 

10  barrels  cannon  (or  musket  or  rifle  powder,  as  the  case  may  be). 


A.  B.  PowDEB  Works. 
77^6  United  States, 

To  A.  B.,  Dr. 

For  10  barrels  of  cannon  powder,  weighing  1000  lbs.,  at  15  cents  per  lb $150  00 

For  10 barrels, $1  OOeach 10  00 


$160  00 


Received  at  the Arsenal, ,  18 — ,  of  A.  B.,  the  above  ten  barrels  of 

cannon  powder. 

(Signed)  C.  D.,  Captain  of  Ordnance^ 

or  Military  Storekeeper. 
(To  be  signed  in  triplicate.) 

Note.— Two  of  the  triplicates  are  forwarded  by  the  contractor  to  the  Ordnance 
Office — one  being  intended  for  the  Treasury  and  one  for  the  Ordnance  Office  ;  the 
third  is  retained  by  the  contractor. 


^Indorsement  to  he  as  follows : 

Certificate  of  Inspection 

of barrels  of  cannon  (or  musket)  powder, 

at  the  Powder  Works  of  A.  B., ,  18—. 


420 


Ordnance  Department, . . , Forms, 


Form  No.  39. 
Bjepori^fike  Proof  and  Inspection  of  Cannon  {Musket  or  Rifle)  Powder, 

manufactured  by for  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the 

Powder  Works  of (or  at  the  Arsenal,  as  the 

case  may  6e),  this day  of ,  18 — . 


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205 

Received 

2 

do. 

3 

Rejected, 

4 

178 

182 

175 

Rejected. 

5 

268 
192 

268 
190 

268 
191 

do 

6 

Rejected. 

7 

261 
26) 
243 

200 

265 
250 
241 
202 

263 
255 
242 
201 

do 

8 

do 

9 

do 

10 

Rejected. 

11 

235 

203 

235 

203 

235 

203 

do 

12 

Rejected. 

13 

212 

208 

210 

Rejected. 

14 

201 

199 

200 

Rejected. 

15 

232 

228 

230 

do 

i 


Total  number  of  barrels  rejected,  T  )  ^^  ^^^  certificate  of  inspection  of  this  date. 
Total  number  of  barrels  received,  8  ) 

I  certify  that  the  proof  and  inspection  above  referred  to  have  been  carefully 
made,  and  that  this  report  is  in  all  respects  correct. 

(To  he  signed,  in  duplicate,  by  the  proving  officer.) 

Notes. — 1st  Quick  match  -will  be  used  in  priming  the  eprouvette. 

2d.  When  government  powder  is  inspected  at  the  arsenals,  the  first 
four  columns  only  are  used. 


Endorsement  to  he  as  follows : 

Inspection  Report  of barrels  of  Cannon 

(or  Musket)  Powder,  &c.. 

at  the  Powder  Works  of  A.  li.. 

(or  at  the Arson  aV), 


Eecruiting  Service, 


421 


ARTICLE  XLVIL 

RECRUITINa     SERVICE. 

1283 The  recruiting  service  will  be  conducted  by  the  Adjutant- 
General,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1284 Field  officers  will  be  detailed  to  superintend  the  recruit- 
ing districts,  and  lieutenants  to  take  charge  of  the  recruiting  parties. 
The  recruiting  service  will  form  a  special  roster.  The  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral will  detail  the  field  officers,  and  announce  in  orders  the  number 
of  lieutenants  to  be  detailed  from  each  regiment  by  the  Colonel. 
When  the  detail  is  not  according  to  the  roster,  the  special  reason  of 
the  case  shall  be  reported  and  laid  before  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1285 ....  A  recruiting  party  will  consist  generally  of  one  lieutenant, 
one  non-commissioned  officer,  two  privates,  and  a  drummer  and  fifer. 
The  parties  will  be  sent  from  the  principal  depots,  and  none  but  suit- 
able men  selected. 

1286. . .  .Officers  on  the  general  recruiting  service  are  not  to  be  or- 
dered on  any  other  duty,  except  from  the  Adjutant-General's  office. 

1287 As  soon  as  a  recruiting  station  is  designated,  the  superin- 
tendent sends  estimates  for  funds  to  the  Adjutant-General,  and  requi- 
sitions on  the  proper  departments  (through  the  Adjutant-General)  for 
clothing,  camp  equipage,  arms,  and  accoutrements. 

1288 ....  Subsequent  supplies  for  the  station  in  his  district  are  pro- 
cured by  the  superintendent  on  consolidated  estimates;  these  are 
made  quarterly  for  funds,  and  every  six  or  twelve  months  for  cloth- 
ing, equipage,  arms,  and  accoutrements.  Estimates  for  funds  will  be 
in  the  following  form : 

Estimate  of  Recruiting  Funds  required  for  the 

during  the  quarter  ending  ,  18     . 


Names. 


■s 


*Sbfi 

MS 


Amount  ex- 
pended last 
quarter. 


Amount  on 
hand. 


$     I  Cts. 


Amouiit. 
required. 


$        Cti 


Remarks. 


Total  amount  required. 


-,  Superintendent. 


422  Recruiting  Semce. 

1289 Funds  and  supplies  of  clothing,  camp  and  garrison  equi- 
page, arms  and  accoutrements,  when  ordered,  will  be  sent  direct  to 
each  station. 

1290 ....  For  subsistence  to  recruiting  stations,  see  regulations  of 
the  Subsistence  Department.  When  army  rations  are  issued  for  re- 
cruits, savings  on  the  rations  shall  be  applied  for  their  benefit,  as  in 
companies. 

1291.... The  superintendents  will  transmit  to  the  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral consolidated  monthly  returns  of  the  recruiting  parties  under 
their  superintendence,  according  to  directions  on  the  printed  blanks, 
accompanied  by  one  copy  of  the  enlistment  of  each  recruit  enlisted 
within  the  month. 

1292 ....  When  recruits  should  be  sent  to  regiments,  a  superintend- 
ent will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  for  instructions  in  reference 
thereto. 

1293. . .  .When  recruits  are  sent  from  a  depot  or  rendezvous  to  a 
regiment  or  post,  a  mustei^  and  descriptive  roll,  and  an  account  of  cloth- 
ing of  the  detachment,  will  be  given  to  the  officer  assigned  to  the  com- 
mand of  it.  And  a  dupHcate  of  the  muster  and  descriptive  roll  will 
be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  by  the  superintendent,  who  will 
note  on  it  the  names  of  all  the  officers  on  duty  with  the  detachment, 
and  the  day  of  its  departure  from  the  depot  or  rendezvous. 

1291. . .  .The  superintendent  will  report  all  commissioned  or  non- 
commissioned officers  who  may  be  incapable  or  negligent  in  the  dis- 
charge of  their  functions.  Where  a  recruiting  party  fails  to  get  re- 
cruits from  any  cause  other  than  the  fault  of  the  officer,  the  super- 
intendent will  recommend  another  station  for  the  party. 

1295.... When  a  rendezvous  is  closed,  the  superintendent  will 
give  the  necessary  instructions  for  the  safe-keeping  or  disposal  of  the 
public  property,  so  as  not  to  involve  any  expense  for  storage. 

1296. . .  .Tours  of  inspection  by  superintendents  will  be  made  only 
on  instructions  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Officers  on  the 
recruiting  servdce  will  not  be  sent  from  place  to  place  without  orders 
from  the  same  source.  Recruiting  officers  will  in  no  case  absent 
themselves  from  their  stations  without  authority  from  the  superin- 
tendent. 

1297 They  wiU  not  allow  any  man  to  be  deceived  or  inveigled 

into  the  ser^^ice  by  false  representations,  but  will  in  person  explain 
the  nature  of  the  service,  the  length  of  the  term,  the  pay,  clothing, 
rations,  and  other  allowances  to  which  a  soldier  is  entitled  by  law,  to 
every  man  before  he  signs  the  enlistment. 

1298 With  the  sanction  of  superintendents,  recruiting  officers 


Recruiting  Service,  423 

may  insert,  in  not  exceeding  two  newspapers,  brief  notices  directing 
attention  to  the  rendezvous  for  further  information. 

1299. . .  .Any  free  white  male  person  above  the  age  of  eighteen  and 
imder  thirty-five  years,  being  at  least  five  feet  MMMlflK^pltf  inches^ 
high,  effective,  able-bodied,  sober,  free  from  disease,  of  good  charac- 
ter and  habits,  and  with  a  competent  knowledge  of  the  English  lan- 
guage, may  be  enlisted.  This  regulation,  so  far  as  respects  the  height 
and  age  of  the  recruit,  shall  not  extend  to  musicians  or  to  soldiers 
who  may  '''■re-enlist''  or  have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  a  previous 
enlistment  in  the  army. 

1300 No  man  having  a  wife  or  child  shall  be  enlisted  in  time  of 

peace  without  special  authority  obtained  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  through  the  superintendent.  This  rule  is  not  to  apply  to  sol- 
diers who  '■^re-enlist.'" 

1301 No  person  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  is  to  be  en- 
listed without  the  written  consent  of  his  parent,  guardian,  or  master. 
The  recruiting  officers  must  be  very  particular  in  ascertaining  the 
true  age  of  the  recruit. 

1302 If  a  minor  who  has  no  parent  or  guardian  offisr  to  enlist, 

a  guardian  (who  must  not  be  any  one  connected  with  the  recruiting 
party)  may  be  appointed  by  the  proper  legal  authority. 

1303.  . .  .After  the  nature  of  the  service  and  terms  of  enlistment 
have  been  fairly  explained  to  the  recruit,  the  officer,  before  the  en- 
listments are  filled  up,  will  read  to  him,  and  offer  for  his  signature, 
the  annexed  declaration,  to  be  appended  to  each  copy  of  his  enlist- 
ment.   ' 

I, ,  desiring  to  enlist  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for 

the  period  of  five  years,  do  declare  that  I  am years  and 

months  of  age ;  that  I  have  neither  wife  nor  child ;  that  I  have  never 
'  been  discharged  from  the  United  States  service  on  account  of  dis- 
ability, or  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  by  order  before  the  expi- 
ration of  a  term  of  enlistment ;  and  I  know  of  no  impediment  to  my 
serving  honestly  and  faithfully  as  a  soldier  for  five  years. 


Witness : 


1304.  . .  .If  the  recruit  be  a  minor,  his  parent,  guardian,  or  master 
must  sign  a  consent  to  his  enlisting,  which  will  be  added  to  the  pre- 
ceding declaration,  in  the  following  form : 

I,  ,  do  certify  that  I  am  the  {father^  only  surviving  parent, 

legal  master,  or  guardian,  as  the  case  viay  be)  of ;  that  the  said 

is years  of  age ;  and  I  do  hereby  freely  give  my  con- 


424  Mecruiting  Service, 

sent  to  his  enlisting  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for 

the  period  of  five  years.  

Witness : 


1305.  . .  .The  forms  of  declaration,  and  of  consent  in  case  of  a  mi- 
nor, having  been  signed  "and  witnessed,  the  recruit  will  then  be  duly 
examined  by  the  recruiting  officer,  and  surgeon  if  one  be  present, 
and,  if  accepted,  the  20th  and  87th  Articles  of  War  will  be  read  to 
him ;  after  which  he  will  be  allowed  time  to  consider  the  subject  un- 
til his  mind  appears  to  be  fully  made  up  before  the  oath  is  adminis- 
tered to  him. 

1306 As  soon  as  practicable,  and  at  least  within  six  days  after 

his  enlistment,  the  following  oath  will  be  administered  to  the  recruit : 

"I,  A—  B— ,  do  solemnly  swear  or  affirm  (as  the  case  ma^  be) 
that  I  will  bear  true  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and  faithfully  against  all  their  ene- 
mies or  opposers  whatsoever,  and  observ^e  and  obey  the  orders  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  ap- 
pointed over  me,  according  to  the  rules  and  articles  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  armies  of  the  United  States."     (See  10th  Art.  of  War.) 

1307.  . .  .Under  the  article  of  war  above  cited,  and  the  acts  of  Con- 
gress approved  September  16th,  1850,  and  July  29th,  1854,  a  justice  of 
the  peace,  the  chief  magistrate  of  any  town  or  city  corporate  (not  be- 
ing an  officer  of  the  Army),  a  notary  public,  or,  when  recourse  can 
not  be  had  to  such  civil  magistrates,  a  judge  advocate,  may  administer 
the  above  oath. 

1308. . .  .It  is  the  duty  of  the  recruiting  officer  to  be  present  at  the 
examination  of  the  recruit  by  the  medical  officer. 

1309.  ..  .Recruiting  officers  will  not  employ  private  physicians 
without  authority  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office,  for  the  special 
purpose  of  examining  the  recruits  prior  to  their  enlisting. 

1310 If  it  be  necessary,  as  in  case  of  sickness,  to  employ  a  phy- 
sician, the  recruiting  officer  may  engage  his  services  by  contract  on 
reasonable  terms,  *'by  the  visit,"  or  by  the  month.  If  by  the  month, 
the  examination  of  the  recruits  must  be  stated  in  the  contract  as  part 
of  his  duty.  In  vouchers  for  medical  attendance  and  medicines,  the 
name  of  each  patient,  date  of,  and  charge  for  each  visit,  and  for  med- 
icine furnished,  must  be  given,  and  the  certificate  of  the  physician 
added,  that  the  rates  charged  are  the  usual  rates  of  the  place. 

1311 ... .  Enlistments  must,  in  all  cases,  be  taken  in  triplicate.  The 
recruiting  officer  will  send  one  copy  to  the  Adjutant-General  with  his 
quarterly  accounts,  a  second  to  the  superintendent  with  his  monthly 


Recruiting  Service,  425 

return,  and  a  third  to  the  depot  at  the  time  the  recruits  are  sent  there. 
In  cases  of  soldiers  re-enlisted  in  a  regiment,  or  of  regimental  re- 
cruits, the  third  copy  of  the  enlistment  will  be  sent  at  its  date  to  reg- 
imental head-quarters  for  file. 

1312 When  ordnance  sergeants  re-enlist,  the  recruiting  officer 

will  immediately  send  the  second  copy  of  the  enlistment  direct  to  the 
Adjutant-General,  and  the  third  copy  to  the  station  of  the  ordnance 
sergeant  for  file. 

1313 A  non-commissioned  officer,  musician,  or  private  soldier, 

who  may  re-enlist  into  his  company  or  regiment  within  two  months* 
before,  or  one  month  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service,  shall 
receive  a  bounty  of  three  months*  extra  pay  —  that  is  to  say,  the  pay 
he  was  receiving  as  pay  of  his  grade,  and  as  additional  pay  for  length 
of  service  and  for  certificate  of  merit.  This  bounty  shall  be  paid  by 
the  recruiting  officer  at  the  time  of  enlistment,  and  noted  on  the  de- 
scriptive list.  Ordnance  sergeants  and  hospital  stewards  are  non- 
commissioned officers  entitled  to  the  bounty  in  the  case  provided. 

1314. , .  .Enlistments  must,  in  no  case,  be  ante-dated  so  as  to  enti- 
tle a  soldier  to  bounty  who  applies  after  the  period  for  "  re-enlisting'^ 
has  expired. 

1315 A  premium  of  two  dollars  will  be  paid  to  any  citizen,  non> 

commissioned  officer,  or  soldier  for  each  accepted  recruit  that  he 
may  bring  to  the  rendezvous ;  but  not  for  soldiers  who  receive  bounty 
for  "re-enlisting." 

1316 ....  The  recruiting  officer  will  see  that  the  men  under  his  com- 
mand are  neat  in  their  personal  appearance,  and  will  require  the  per- 
manent party  to  wear  their  military  dress  in  a  becoming  manner,  es- 
pecially when  permitted  to  go  abroad. 

1317. . .  .Only  such  articles  of  clothing  as  are  indispensable  for  im- 
mediate use  will  be  issued  to  recruits  at  the  rendezvous.  Their 
equipment  will  not  be  made  complete  till  after  they  have  passed  the 
inspection  subsequent  to  their  arrival  at  the  depot. 

1318 The  instruction  of  the  recruits  will  commence  at  the  ren- 
dezvous from  the  moment  of  enlistment.  The  general  superintend- 
ent will  see  that  all  recruiting  officers  give  particular  attention  to  this 
subject. 

1319 ....  Recruits  will  be  sent  from  rendezvous  to  depots  every  ten 
days,  or  oftener  if  practicable,  provided  the  number  disposable  ex- 
ceeds three.  The  detachments  of  recruits  will  be  sent  from  rendez- 
vous to  depots  under  charge  of  a  non-commissioned  officer. 

1320 Every  officer  commanding  a  recruiting  party  will  procure 

the  necessary  transportation,  forage,  fuel,  straw,  and  stationery,  tak- 
in£T  the  requisite  vouchers. 


426  Recruiting  Service. 

1321. . .  .The  transportation  of  recruits  to  depots,  and  from  one  re- 
cruiting station  to  another,  will  be  paid  from  the  recruiting  funds ; 
transportation  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  recruiting  senice 
will  be  paid  in  the  same  manner,  except  when  first  proceeding  to  join 
that  service,  or  returning  to  their  regiments  after  having  been  re- 
lieved. 

1322 ....  No  expenses  of  transportation  of  officers  will  be  admitted 
that  do  not  arise  from  orders  emanating  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  except  they  be  required  to  \isit  branch  or  auxihary  rendezvous 
under  their  charge,  when  they  will  be  allowed  the  stage,  steam-boat, 
or  rail-road  fare,  porterage  included. 

1323. . .  .Whenever  an  officer  is  relieved  or  withdrawn  from  the  re- 
cruiting sendee,  he  will  forward  to  the  Adjutant-General  the  evidence 
of  the  disposition  he  may  make  of  the  funds,  according  to  regulations 
and  the  special  orders  he  may  have  received,  and  report  the  fact  to  the 
superintendent,  or  to  his  colonel  if  on  regimental  recruiting  servdce. 

1324.  . .  .The  rent  of  the  recruiting  rendezvous  is  paid  from  the  re- 
cruiting funds.  The  terms  of  the  contract  will  be  immediately  re- 
ported to  the  Adjutant-General. 

1325 ....  Officers  on  recruiting  service  will  make  timely  requisi- 
tions for  printed  blanks,  direct,  as  follows : 

To  the  Adjutant-General. — For  enlistments ;  re-enlistments;  muster- 
rolls  ;  muster  and  descrij^tive  rolls  ;  monthly  returns ;  tri-monthly  re- 
ports ;  recruiting  accounts  current ;  accounts  of  clothing  issued ;  post- 
ers or  handbills ;  foi-ms  of  declaration,  and  consent  for  minors. 

To  the  Quartermaster-  General. — For  estimates  of  clothing,  camp  and 
garrison  equipage ;  clothing  receipt-rolls ;  quarterly  returns  of  cloth- 
ing, camp  and  garrison  equipage. 

1326 ....  No  blanks  of  the  above  kinds  will  be  used  except  the  print- 
ed forms  furaished.  Blanks  of  other  kinds,  when  required,  must  be 
ruled. 

1327. . .  .Blanks  for  the  regimental  recruiting  seiTice  are  furnished 
to  the  company  commanders. 

1328. . .  .The  articles  oi  furniture  which  may  be  absolutely  neces- 
sary at  a  recruiting  station  may  be  procured  by  the  officer  in  charge 
of  the  rendezvous,  on  the  special  authority  of  the  superintendent. 

1329.  . .  .Necessary  stationery  will  be  purchased  monthly  or  quar- 
terly, not  to  exceed  per  quarter  at  each  station  six  quires  of  paper, 
twenty-four  quills,  or  twenty-four  steel  pens  and  two  holders,  half  an 
ounce  of  wafers,  one  paper  of  ink-powder,  one  bottle  of  red  ink,  four 
ounces  of  sealing-wax,  one  quire  of  cartridge  paper  or  one  hundred 
envelopes,  one  fourth  quire  of  blotting  paper,  and  one  piece  of  tape. 


Recruiting  Service,  427 

If  necessary,  an  additional  supply  of  one  fourth  of  these  rates  will  be 
allowed  to  the  recruiting  officer  having  charge  of  one  or  more  auxilia- 
ry rendezvous  distant  from  his  permanent  station.  At  the  principal 
depots  the  allowance  must  be  fixed  by  the  wants  of  the  public  service. 

1330 ....  To  each  office  table  is  allowed  one  inkstand,  one  wafer- 
stamp,  one  wafer-box,  one  paper-folder,  one  ruler,  and  as  many  lead 
pencils  as  may  be  required,  not  exceeding  four  per  annum. 

1331 ....  Such  blank  books  as  may  be  necessary  are  allowed  to  the 
general  superintendent  and  at  permanent  recruiting  depots ;  also  one 
descriptive  book  for  the  register  of  recruits  at  each  permanent  sta- 
tion. Blank  books  will  be  purchased  by  recruiting  officers,  under  in- 
structions from  the  superintendent. 

1332.  . .  .When  a  recruiting  officer  is  relieved,  the  blanks,  books, 
and  unexpended  stationery,  with  all  the  other  public  property  at  the 
station,  will  be  transferred  to  his  successor,  who  will  receipt  for  the 
same. 

1333 ....  The  following  are  the  accounts,  returns,  &c.,  to  be  ren- 
dered by  officers  on  recruiting  service  : 

To  the  Adjutant- General, 

Recruiting  accounts  current^  quarterly,  with  abstract  (Form  A)  and 
vouchers  (Form  B),  and  one  set  of  enlistments.  An  account  will  be 
rendered  by  every  officer  who  may  receive  funds,  whether  he  makes 
expenditures  or  not  during  the  quarter. 

A  quarterly  return  of  stationery,  books,  fuel,  and  such  other  property 
as  may  have  been  purchased  with  the  recruiting  funds. 

A  monthly  summary  statement  of  money  to  be  transmitted  on  the  last 
day  of  the  month.     (See  Form  No.  1,  Quartermaster's  Department.) 

A  muster-roll  of  all  enlisted  men  at  the  rendezvous,  including  the 
names  of  all  who  may  have  joined,  died,  deserted,  been  transferred  or 
discharged,  during  the  period  embraced  in  the  muster-roll. 

Tri-monthly  reports  of  the  state  of  the  recruiting  service,  according 
to  the  prescribed  form. 

To  the  Superintendent, 

A  monthly  return  of  recruits  and  of  the  recruiting  party,  accompa- 
nied with  one  copy  of  the  enlistment  of  every  recruit  enlisted  within 
the  month. 

Duplicate  muster-rolls  for  pay  of  the  permanent  recruiting  party, 
which  may  be  sent  direct  to  the  nearest  paymaster,  when  authorized 
by  the  superintendent.  A  triplicate  of  this  roll  will  be  retained  at 
the  station. 


428  Becridtihg  Service^ 

Muster  and  descriptive  rolls  and  an  account  of  clothing,  of  every  de- 
tachment of  recruits  ordered  to  the  principal  depot  or  to  any  regiment 
or  post. 

Copy  of  the  quarterly  abstract  of  expenditures,  to  be  forwarded 
within  three  days  after  the  expiration  of  each  quarter. 

Qaarterly  estimates  for  funds. 

Estimates  for  clothing,  and  camp  and  garrison  equipage,  and  for 
arms  and  accoutrements,  for  six  or  twelve  months,  or  for  such  times 
as  may  be  directed  by  the  superintendent. 

Copy  of  the  quarterly  return  of  clothing,  equipage,  &c. 

To  the  Quartermaster-General. 
A  quarterly  return  of  clothing,  and  camp  and  garrison  equipage,  and 
of  all  quartermasters'  property  in  his  possession. 

To  the  Ordnance  Department. 

A  quarterly  return  of  arms,  accoutrements,  ammunition,  and  of  all 
ordnance  stores. 

1334 Letters  addressed  to  the  Adjutant-General  "o?e  recruiting 

service^''  will  be  so  endorsed  on  the  envelopes,  under  the  words  "  offi- 
cial business." 

1335 ....  On  ■  all  vouchers  for  premiums  for  bringing  recruits,  and 
fees  for  oaths  of  enlistment,  the  names  of  the  recruits  for  whom  the 
expenditure  is  made  must  be  given.  The  vouchers  may  be  made  in 
form  of  consolidated  receipt-rolls,  authenticated  by  the  officer's  certifi- 
cate that  they  are  correct. 

1336 ....  The  fee  usually  allowed  for  administering  the  oath  of  en- 
listment being  twenty-five  cents  for  each  recruit,  when  a  greater 
amount  is  paid,  the  officer  must  certify  on  the  voucher  that  it  is  the 
rate  allowed  by  law  of  the  State  or  Territory. 

1337.... To  each  voucher  for  notices  inserted  in  newspapers,  a 
copy  of  the  notice  will  be  appended. 

1338.  . .  .Enlistments  must  be  filled  up  in  a  fair  and  legible  hand. 
The  real  name  of  the  recruit  must  be  ascertained,  correctly  spelled, 
and  \vritten  in  the  same  way  wherever  it  occurs ;  the  Christian  name 
must  not  be  abbreviated.  Numbers  must  be  written,  and  not  ex- 
pressed by  figures.  Each  enlistment  must  be  endorsed  as  follows : 
No.  — . 

A B r, 

enlisted  ;;' 


January  — ,  18r. 

By  Lt.  C D- 

— Regiment  of  — 


Eecruiting  Service.  •  429 

The  number  in  each  month  to  correspond  with  the  names  alphabeti- 
cally arranged. 

1339 ....  Whenever  a  soldier  re-enters  the  service,  the  officer  who 
enlisted  him  will  endorse  on  the  enlistment,  next  below  his  own  name 
and  regiment,  "  second  (or  third)  enlistment,"  as  the  case  may  be, 
together  with  the  name  of  the  regiment  and  the  letter  of  the  compa^ 
ny  in  which  the  soldier  last  sensed,  and  date  of  discharge  from  former 
enlistment.  This  information  the  recruiting  officer  must  obtain,  if 
possible,  from  the  soldier's  discharge^  which  he  should  in  all  cases  be 
required  to  exhibit.     (See  22d  Art.  of  War.) 

1340 ....  The  name  of  the  state,  as  well  as  the  town,  where  each 
recruit  is  enlisted,  will  be  recorded  on  all  nmster,  pay,  and  descrip- 
tive rolls. 

1341 .  c  . .  The  depots  for  recruits  are  established  by  orders  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  office. 

1342 ....  To  each  depot  there  will  be  assigned  a  suitable  number  of 
officers  to  command  and  instruct  the  recruits ;  and,  when  necessary, 
such  number  of  enlisted  men  as  may  be  .designated  at  the  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  will  be  selected  for  the  permanent  party,  to  do  gar- 
rison duty  and  for  di'ill  masters. 

1343 ....  The  number  of  recruits  at  depots  to  be  assigned  to  each 
arm  and  regiment,  is  directed  from  the  Adjutant-General's  office. 

1344 ....  The  recruits  are  to  be  dressed  in  uniform  according  to  their 
respective  arms,  and  will  be  regularly  mustered  and  inspected.  They 
are  to  be  well  drilled  in  the  infantry  tactics,  through  the  school  of  the 
soldier  to  that  of  the  battalion,  and  in  the  exercise  of  field  and  gar- 
rison pieces.  Duty  is  to  be  done  according  to  the  strict  rules  of 
service. 

1345 The  general  superintendent  will  cause  such  of  the  recruits 

as  are  found  to  possess  a  natural  talent  for  music  to  be  instructed  (be- 
sides the  drill  of  the  soldier)  on  the  fife,  bugle,  and  drum,  and  other 
military  instruments ;  and  boys  of  twelve  years  of  age,  and  upward, 
may,  under  his  direction,  be  enlisted  for  this  purpose.  But  as  re- 
cruits under  eighteen  years  of  age  and  under  size  must  be  discharged, 
if  they  are  not  capable  of  learning  music,  care  should  be  taken  to  en- 
list those  only  who  have  a  natural  talent  for  music,  and,  if  practica- 
ble, they  should  be  taken  on  trial  for  some  time  before  being  enlisted. 

1346 Regiments  will  be  furnished  with  field  music  on  the  req- 
uisitions of  their  commanders,  made,  from  time  to  time,  direct  on  the 
general  superintendent;  and,  when  requested  by  regimental  com- 
manders, the  superintendents  will  endeavor  to  have  suitable  men  se- 
lected from  the  recruits,  or  enlisted,  for  the  regimental  bands. 


430  Recruiting  Semce. 

1347. . .  .To  give  encouragement  to  the  recruits,  and  hold  out  in- 
ducementsgto  good  conduct,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  depot  may 
promote  such  of  them  to  be  lance-corporals  and  lance-sergeants  as  ex- 
hibit the  requisite  qualifications,  not  exceeding  the  proper  proportion  to 
the  number  of  recruits  at  the  depot.  These  appointments  will  be  an- 
nounced in  orders  in  the  usual  way,  and  will  be  continued  in  force 
until  they  join  their  regiments,  unless  sooner  revoked.  No  allowance 
of  pay  or  emoluments  is  to  be  assigned  to  these  appointments :  they 
are  only  to  be  considered  as  recommendations  to  the  captains  of  com- 
panies and  colonels  of  regiments  for  the  places  in  which  the  recruits 
may  have  acted ;  but  such  non-commissioned  officers  are  to  be  treat- 
ed with  all  the  respect,  and  to  have  all  the  authority  which  may  be- 
long to  the  stations  of  sergeant  and  corporal. 

1348.  . .  .Permanent  parties  at  depots,  and  recruiting  parties,  will  be 
mustered,  inspected,  and  paid  in  the  same  manner  as  other  soldiers. 
Recruits  will  be  mustered  for  pay  only  at  depots,  and  when  paid 
there,  one  half  of  their  monthly  pay  will  be  retained  until  they  join 
their  regiments. 

1349.  . .  .The  Rules  and  Articles  of  War  are  to  be  read  to  the  re- 
cruits in  dej^ot  every  month  after  the  inspection ;  and  so  much  there- 
of as  relates  to  the  duties  of  non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers 

■  will  be  read  to  them  every  week. 

1350.  . .  .Recruits  are  not  to  be  put  to  any  labor  or  work  which 
wou)d  interfere  with  their  instruction,  nor  are  they  to  be  employed 
othenvise  than  as  soldiers,  in  the  regular  duties  of  garrison  or  camp. 

1351. . .  .When  recruits  are  received  at  a  garrisoned  post,  the  com- 
manding officer  will  place  them  under  the  charge  of  a  commissioned 
officer. 

1352 The  superintendent  or  commanding  officer  will  cause  a 

minute  and  critical  inspection  to  be  made  of  every  recruit  received  at 
a  depot,  two  days  after  his  anival ;  and  should  any  recruit  be  found 
unfit  for  service,  or  to  have  been  enlisted  contrary  to  law  or  regula- 
tions, he  shall  assemble  a  Board  of  Inspectors  to  examine -into  the 
case. 

1353. . .  .Eveiy  detachment  ordered  from  a  depot  to  any  regiment 
or  post,  shall,  immediately  preceding  its  departure,  be  critically  in- 
spected by  the  superintendent  or  commanding  officer  and  surgeon ; 
and,  when  necessary,  a  Board  of  Inspectors  will  be  convened. 

1354 ....  Recruits  received  at  a  military  post  or  station  shall  be 
carefully  inspected  by  the  commanding  officer  and  surgeon,  on  the 
third  day  after  their  arrival ;  and  if,  on  such  inspection,  any  recruit, 
in  their  opinion,  be  unsound  or  otherwise  defective  in  such  degree 


Recruiting  Service*  431 

as  to  disqualify  him  for  the  duties  of  a  soldier,  then  a  Board  of  In- 
spectors will  be  assembled  to  examine  into  and  report  on  the  case. 

1355.  . .  .Boards  of  Inspectors  for  the  examination  of  recruits  will 
be  composed  of  the  three  senior  regimental  officers  present  on  duty 
with  the  troops,  including  the  commanding  officer  and  the  senior 
medical  officer  of  the  army  present. 

1356 ....  In  all  cases  of  rejection,  the  reasons  therefor  will  be  stated 
at  large  in  a  special  report  by  the  board;  which,  together  with  the 
surgeon's  certificate  of  disability  for  service,  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
superintendent  or  commandant  of  the  post  direct  to  the  Adjutant- 
General.  If  the  recommendation  of  the  board  for  the  discharge  of 
the  recruit  be  approved,  the  authority  will  be  endorsed  on  the  certifi- 
cate, which  will  be  sent  back  to  be  filled  up  and  signed  by  the  com- 
manding officer,  who  will  return  the  same  to  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office. 

1357.  . .  .The  board  will  state  in  the  report  whether  the  disability, 
or  other  cause  of  rejection,  existed  before  his  enlistment,  and  wheth- 
er, with  proper  care  and  examination,  it  might  have  been  then  discov- 
ered. 

1358 An  officer  intrusted  with  the  command  of  recruits  ordered 

to  regiments,  will,  on  arriving  at  the  place  of  destination,  forward  the 
following  papers : 

1.  To  the  Adjutant-General  and  the  Superintendent,  each,  a  descrip- 
tive roll  and  an  account  of  clothing  of  such  men  as  may  have  desert- 
ed, died,  or  been  left  on  the  route  from  any  cause  whatever;  with  3- 
special  report  of  the  date  of  his  arrival  at  the  post,  the  strength  and 
condition  of  the  detachment  when  turned  over  to  the  commanding 
officer,  and  all  circtimstances  worthy  of  remark  which  may  have  oc-^ 
curred  on  the  march. 

2.  To  the  Commanding  Officer  of  the  regiment  or  post,  the  muster 
and  descriptive  roll  furnished  him  at  the  time  of  setting  out,  properly 
signed  and  completed  by  recording  the  names  of  the  recruits  present, 
and  by  noting  in  the  column  for  remarks,  opposite  the  appropriate 
spaces,  the  time  and  place  of  death,  desertion,  apprehension,  or  other 
casualty  that  may  have  occurred  on  the  route. 

1359 Should  an  officer  be  relieved  in  charge  of  a  detachment 

en  route,  before  it  reaches  its  destination,  the  date  and  place,  and  name 
of  the  officer  by  whom  he  is  relieved,  must  be  recorded  on  the'  detach- 
ment roll.  Without  the  evidence  of  such  record,  no  charge  for  extra 
pay  for  clothing  accountability  of  a  detachment  equal  to  a  company 
will  be  allowed. 

1360. . .  .The  ** original  muster  and  descriptive  roll"  of  every  de- 


432  Recruiting  Service. 

tachment,  with  remarks  showing  the  final  disposition  of  each  recruit, 
and  the  regiment  and  letter  of  the  company  to  which  he  may  be  as- 
signed, will  be  signed  by  the  commanding  officer,  and  forwarded  to 
the  Adjutant-General. 

1361 ....  The  regimental  recruiting  will  be  conducted  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  for  the  general  service. 

1362 Every  commander  of  a  regiment  is  the  superintendent  of 

the  recruiting  service  for  his  regiment,  and  will  endeavor  to  keep  it 
up  to  its  establishment ;  for  which  purpose  he  will  obtain  the  neces- 
sary funds,  clothing,  «S;c.,  by  requisition  to  the  Adjutant-General. 

1363 ....  At  every  station  occupied  by  his  regiment,  or  any  part  of 
it,  the  colonel  will  designate  a  suitable  officer  to  attend  to  the  recruit- 
ing duties ;  which  selection  will  not  relieve  such  officer  from  his  com- 
pany or  other  ordinary  duties.  The  officer  thus  designated  will  be 
kept  constantly  furnished  with  funds,  and,  when  necessary,  with  cloth- 
ing and  camp  equipage. 

1364 The  regimental  recruiting  officer  will,  with  the  approba- 
tion of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  station,  enlist  all  suitable  men. 
He  will  be  governed,  in  rendering  his  accounts  and  returns,  by  the 
rules  prescribed  for  the  general  service ;  and  when  leaving  a  post, 
will  turn  over  the  funds  in  his  hands  to  the  senior  company  officer 
of  his  regiment  present,  unless  some  other  be  appointed  to  receive 
them. 


Eecruiting  Service ....  Forms. 


433 


Form  A. 
Abstract  of  cUshurseinents  on  account  of  contingencies  of  the  Recruiting 

Service^  by ,  in  the  quarter  ending ,  18 — , 

at . 


No.  of 
voucher. 


Date  of  pay- 
ment. 


To  whom  paid. 


On  what  account. 


Amount. 


Dolls.     Cts. 


Recruiting  Officer. 


434 


Recruiting  Service ....  Forms. 
FormB. 


The  United  States, 


To- 


Dr. 


For 


I  certify  that  the  above  account  is  correct. 


Recruiting  Officer. 

Received, this day  of ,  18—,  of -, 

recruiting  officer, dollars  and cents,  in  full  of  the  above 

account. 


(Duplicate.) 


Proceediuga  in  Civil  Courts.  .  .  .Arms  of  the  U.S-     435 
ARTICLE  XLVin. 

PROCEEDINGS    IN   CIVIL   COURTS. 

1365 When  an  officer  is  made  a  party  to  any  action  or  pro- 
ceeding in  a  civil  court  which  may  involve  the  interest  of  the  United 
States ;  or  when,  by  the  performance  of  his  public  duty,  he  is  in- 
volved in  any  action  or  proceeding  in  which  he  claims  protection  or 
indemnity  from  the  United  States,  he  shall  promptly  report  the  case 
to  the  Adjutant-General,  to  be  laid  before  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1366. . .  .In  ordinary  cases,  when  an  officer  is  called  upon  to  show 
by  what  authority  he  holds  a  soldier  in  service,  he  can  himself  set 
forth  the  facts,  and  need  not  employ  counsel.  In  important  cases,  if 
counsel  be  necessary,  and  there  is  not  time  to  obtain  the  previous  au- 
thority of  the  War  Department,  he  will  forthwith  report  the  facts  to 
the  Adjutant-General. 

ARTICLE  XLIX. 

ARMS    OP    THE   UNITED    STATES. 

13^7 ....  Arms — Paleways  of  thirteen  pieces,  argent  and  gules  ;  a 
chief,  azure  ;  the  escutcheon  on  the  breast  of  the  American  eagle  dis- 
played, proper,  holding  in  his  dexter  talon  an  olive-branch,  and  in  his 
sinister  a  bundle  of  thirteen  arrows,  all  proper ;  and  in  his  beak  a 
scroll,  inscribed  with  this  motto:  "  e  pluribus  unum." 

For  the  crest :  over  the  head  of  the  eagle,  which  appears  above  the 
escutcheon,  a  glory  breaking  through  a  cloud,  proper,  and  surrounding 
thirteen  stars,  forming  a  constellation,  argent,  and  on  an  azure  field. 


436  Flags ....  Colors. 

AETICLE  L. 

FLAGS,  COLORS,   STANDARDS,   GUIDONS. 
GARRISON   FLAG. 

1368 The  garrison  flag  is  the  national  flag.  It  is  made  of  bunt- 
ing, thirty-six  feet  fly,  and  twenty  feet  hoist,  in  thirteen  horizontal 
stripes  of  equal  breadth,  alternately  red  and  white,  beginning  with  the 
red.  In  the  upper  quarter,  next  the  staff",  is  the  Union,  composed  of 
a  number  of  white  stars,  equal  to  the  number  of  States,  on  a  blue 
field,  one  third  the  length  of  the  flag,  extending  to  the  lower  edge  of 
the  fourth  red  stripe  from  the  top.  The  storm  flag  is  twenty  feet  by 
ten  feet ;  the  recruiting  flag,  nine  feet  nine  inches  by  four  feet  four 
inches.. 

COLORS    OF   ARTILLERY   REGIIVIENTS. 

1369 Each  regiment  of  Artilleiy  shall  have  two  silken  colors. 

The  first,  or  the  national  color,  of  stars  and  stripes,  as  described  for 
the  gaiTison  flag.  The  number  and  name  of  the  regiment  to  be  em- 
broidered with  gold  on  the  centre  stripe.  The  second,  or  regimental 
color,  to  be  yellow,  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the  first,  bearing  in  the 
centre  two  cannon  crossing,  with  the  letters  U.  S.  above,  and  the  num- 
ber of  the  regiment  below ;  fringe,  yellow.  Each  color  to  be  six  feet 
six  inches  fly,  and  six  feet  deep  on  the  pike.  The  pike,  including  the 
spear  and  ferule,  to  be  nine  feet  ten  inches  in  length.  Cords  and  tas- 
sels, red  and  yellow  silk  intermixed. 

COLORS   OF   INFANTRY  REGIMENTS. 

1370. . .  .Each  regiment  of  Infantry  shall  have  two  silken  colors. 
The  first,  or  the  national  color,  of  stars  and  stripes,  as  described  for 
the  garrison  flag ;  the  number  and  name  of  the  regiment  to  be  em- 
broidered with  silver  on  the  centre  stripe.  The  second,  or  regimental 
color,  to  be  blue,  with  the  arms  of  the  United  States  embroidered  in 
silk  on  the  centre.  The  name  of  the  regiment  in  a  scroll,  underneath 
the  eagle.  The  size  of  each  color  to  be  six  feet  six  inches  fly,  and  six 
feet  deep  on  the  pike.  The  length  of  the  pike,  including  the  spear 
and  ferule,  to  be  nine  feet  ten  inches.  The  fringe,  yellow ;  cords  and 
tassels,  blue  and  white  silk  intermixed. 

CAMP  COLORS. 

1371 The  camp  colors  are  of  bunting,  eighteen  inches  square  ; 

white  for  infantry,  and  red  for  artillery,  with  the  number  of  the  reg- 
iment on  them.     The  pole  eight  feet  long. 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army,  437 

STANDARDS  AND  GUIDONS  OF  MOUNTED  REGIMENTS. 

1372 ....  Each  regiment  will  have  a  silken  standard,  and  each  com^ 
pany  a  silken  guidon.  The  standard  to  bear  the  arms  of  the  United 
States,  embroidered  in  ^Ik,  on  a  blue  ground,  with  the  number  and 
name  of  the  regiment,  in  a  scroll  underneath  the  eagle.  The  flag  of 
the  standard  to  be  two  feet  five  inches  wide,  and  two  feet  three  inches 
on  the  lance,  and  to  be  edged  with  yellow  silk  fringe. 

1373 The  flag  of  the  guidon  is  swallow-tailed,  three  feet  five 

inches  from  the  lance  to  the  end  of  the  swallow-tail ;  fifteen  inches  to 
the  fork  of  the  swallow-tail,  and  two  feet  three  inches  on  the  lance. 
To  be  half  red  and  half  white,  dividing  at  the  fork,  the  red  above. 
On  the  red,  the  letters  U.  S.  in  white ;  and  on  the  white,  the  letter 
of  the  company  in  red.  The  lance  of  the  standards  and  guidons  to 
be  nine  feet  long,  including  spear  and  ferule. 

AKTICLE  LI. 

UNIFORM  AND   DRESS   OP   THE   ARMY. 


For  Commissioned  Officers, 

1374 All  officers  shall  wear  a  frock-coat  of  dark  blue  cloth,  the 

skirt  to  extend  from  two  thirds  to  three  fourths  of  the  distance  from 
the  top  of  the  hip  to  the  bend  of  the  knee ;  single-breasted  for  Cap- 
tains and  Lieutenants ;  double-breasted  for  all  other  grades. 

1375. . .  .For  a  Major- General — two  rows  of  buttons  on  the  breast, 
nine  in  each  row,  placed  by  threes ;  the  distance  between  each  row, 
five  and  one  half  inches  at  top,  and  three  and  one  half  inches  at  bot- 
tom ;  stand-up  collar,  to  rise  no  higher  than  to  permit  the  chin  to 
turn  freely  over  it,  to  hook  in  front  at  the  bottom,  and  slope  thence 
up  and  backward  at  an  angle  of  thirty  degrees  on  each  side ;  cuff's 
two  and  one  half  inches  deep,  to  go  around  the  sleeves  parallel  with 
the  lower  edge,  and  to  button  with  three  small  buttons  at  the  under 
seam ;  pockets  in  the  folds  of  the  skirts,  with  one  button  at  the  hip, 
and  one  at  the  end  of  each  pocket,  making  four  buttons  on  the  back 
and  skirt  of  the  coat,  the  hip  button  to  range  with  the  lowest  buttons 
on  the  breast ;  collar  and  cuff^s  to  be  of  dark  blue  velvet ;  lining  of 
the  coat  black. 

1376.  . .  ,For  a  Brigadier- General — the  same  as  for  a  Major-Gen- 
eral,  except  that  there  will  be  only  eight  buttons  in  each  row  on  the 
breast,  placed  in  pairs. 


438  Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army. 

1377. . .  .For  a  Colonel — the  same  as  for  a  Major-General,  except 
that  there  will  be  only  seven  buttons  in  each  row  on  the  breast,  placed 
at  equal  distances ;  collar  and  cuffs  of  the  same  color  and  material  as 
the  coat. 

1378 For  a  Lieutenant- Colonel — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel. 

1379 For  a  Major — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel. 

1380.  ...For  a  Captain — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  except  that 
there  will  be  only  one  row  of  nine  buttons  on  the  breast,  placed  at 
equal  distances. 

1381 .. .  .For  a  First  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Captain. 

1382 ....  For  a  Second  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Captain. 

1383 ....  For  a  Brevet  Second  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Cap- 
tain. 

For  Enlisted  Men. 

1384.... The  uniform-coat  for  all  enlisted  men  —  Cavalry,  Dra- 
goons, mounted  Riflemen,  and  Light  Artillery  excepted — shall  be  a 
single-breasted  frock  of  dark  blue  cloth,  with  a  skirt  extending  one 
half  the  distance  from  the  top  of  the  hip  to  the  bend  of  the  knee. 

1385 ....  For  a  Sergeant-Major  and  Quartermaster- Sergeant  of  Ar- 
tillery— one  row  of  nine  buttons  on  the  breast,  placed  at  equal  dis- 
tances ;  stand-up  collar,  to  rise  no  higher  than  to  permit  the  chin  to 
turn  freely  over  it,  to  hook  in  front  at  the  bottom,  and  slope  thence 
up  and  backward  at  an  angle  of  thirty  degrees  on  each  side ;  cuffs 
pointed  according  to  pattern,  and  to  button  with  two  small  buttons  at 
the  under  seam ;  collar  and  cuffs  edged  with  a  cord  or  welt  of  scarlet 
cloth ;  on  both  sides  of  the  collar,  near  the  front,  the  number  of  the 
regiment  in  yellow  metal  one  inch  long  ;  on  each  shoulder  a  metallic 
scale  according  to  pattern ;  narrow  lining  for  skirt  of  the  coat  of  same 
material  and  color  as  the  coat ;  pockets  in  the  folds  of  the  skirts,  with 
one  button  at  the  hip  to  range  with  the  lowest  buttons  on  the  breast; 
no  buttons  at  the  ends  of  the  pockets. 

1386....jFbr  a  Sergeant-Major  and  Quartermaster- Sergeant  of  In- 
fantry— the  same  as  for  Artillery,  except  tjiat  the  edging  will  be  of 
light  or  sky-blue  cloth. 

1387 — For  a  Sergeant- Major  and  Quartermaster-Sergeant  of  Mounted 
Riflemen — a  jacket  according  to  pattern  in  the  clothing  bureau ;  the 
trimmings  of  medium  or  emerald  green  cloth. 

1388.  .  .  .For  a  Sergeant- Major  and  Quartermaster- Sergeant  of  Dra- 
goons— the  same  as  for  Mounted  Riflemen,  except  that  the  edging  will 
be  of  orange  cloth. 

1389 ....  For  a  Sergeant-Major  and  Quartermaster-Sergeant  of  Cav- 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army,  439 

ahy — the  same  as  for  Dragoons,  except  that  the  trimmings  will  be  of 
yellow  cloth. 

1390 ....  For  a  Sergeant  of  Artillery,  Infantry,  Mounted  Riflemen, 
Cavalry,  and  Dragoons — the  same  as  for  the  Sergeant-Major  of  those 
corps  respectively. 

1391. .  .  .For  a  Sergeant  of  Light  Artillery — a  jacket  according  to 
pattern  in  the  clothing  bureau,  the  trimmings  of  scarlet  cloth. 

1392 ....  For  a  Sergeant  of  Engineer  soldiers — the  same  as  for  a 
sergeant  of  Artillery,  except  that  the  edging  will  be  of  yellow 
cloth ;  on  both  sides  of  the  collar,  near  the  front,  a  castle  of  yel- 
low metal  one  and  five  eighths  inches,  by  one  and  one  fourth  inches 
high. 

1393 — For  an  Ordnance  Sergeant — the  same  as  for  a  sergeant  of 
Engineer  soldiers,  except  that  the  collar  and  cuffs  will  be  edged  with 
crimson  instead  of  yellow,  and  that  on  the  collar,  on  both  sides  near 
the  front,  there  will  be  a  shell  and  flame  of  yellow  metal  two  inches 
long.      ^ 

1394 ....  i^or  a  Corporal  of  Artillery,  Infantry,  Riflemen,  Cavnhy, 
Dragoons,  Light  Artillery,  and  Engineer  soldiers — the  same  as  for  a 
sergeant  of  those  corps  respectively. 

1395.... jPor  a  Private  of  Artillery,  Infantry,  Riflemen,  Cavalry, 
Dragoons,  Light  Artillery,  and  Engineer  soldiers — the  same  as  for  a 
corporal  of  those  arms  respectively. 

1396 ....  For  the  enlisted  men  of  Ordnance — the  same  as  for  Ord- 
nance Sergeants. 

1397. .  ..For  a  Musician  of  Artillery,  Infantry,  Riflemen,  Cavalry, 
Dragoons,  Light  Artillery,  and  Engineer  soldiers — the  same  as  for  a 
private  of  those  corps  respectively,  with  the  addition  of  a  facing  ac- 
cording to  pattern,  and  corresponding  in  color  with  the  edging  on  the 
collar  and  cuffs. 

1398.  ...For  a  Principal  or  Chief  Musician — the  same  as  for  a 
musician  of  his  regiment. 

1399.  .  ..For  a  Chief  Bugler — the  same  as  for  a  Principal  or  Chief 
Musician. 

1400.  . .  .For  a  Hospital  Steward — that  of  the  grade  in  which  he 
may  be  mustered,  with,  on  the  outside  of  each  arm,  above  the  elbow, 
a  half  chevron  of  the  following  description,  viz, :  of  emerald  green 
cloth,  one  and  three  fourths  inches  wide,  running  obliquely  down- 
ward from  thd  outer  to  the  inner  seam  of  the  sleeve,  and  at  an  angle 
of  about  thirty  degrees  with  a  horizontal ;  parallel  to,  and  one  eighth 
of  an  inch  distant  from,  both  the  upper  and  lower  edge,  an  embroid- 
ery of  yellow  silk  one  eighth  of  an  inch  wide,  and  in  the  centre  a 


440  Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army. 

"  Caduceus*^  two  inches  long,  embroidered  also  with  yellow  silk,  the 
head  toward  the  outer  seam  of  the  sleeve. 

1401. . .  .For  a  Pioneer — two  crossed  hatchets  of  cloth,  same  color 
and  material  as  the  edging  of  the  collar,  to  be  sewed  on  each  arm  above 
the  elbow  in  the  place  indicated  for  a  chevron  (those  of  the  Corporal 
to  be  just  above  and  resting  on  the  chevron),  the  head  of  the  hatchet 
upward,  its  edge  outward,  of  the  following  dimensions,  viz. :  Handle 
— four  and  one  half  inches  long,  one  fourth  to  one  third  of  an  inch 
wide.     Hatchet — two  inches  long,  one  inch  wide  at  the  edge. 

14:02 ...  .For  fatigue  puy-poses  a  sky-blue  cloth  jacket  may  be  is- 
sued to  troops  of  all  anns,  the  trimmings  corresponding  in  color  to 
the  trimmings  of  the  arm  for  which  the  clothing  is  designed. 

1403 ....  On  all  occasions  of  duty,  except  fatigue,  and  when  out  of 
quarters,  the  coat  shall  be  buttoned  and  hooked  at  the  collar. 

BUTTONS. 

1404 For  General  Officers  and  Officers  of  the  General  Staff^-gi\% 

convex,  with  spread  eagle  and  stars  and  plain  border ;  large  size, 
seven  eighths  of  an  inch  in  exterior  diameter ;  small  size,  one  half 
inch. 

1405.  . .  .For  officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers — gilt,  nine  tenths  of 
an  inch  in  exterior  diameter,  slightly  convex ;  a  raised  bright  rim, 
one  thirtieth  of  an  inch  wide  ;  device,  an  eagle  holding  in  his  beak  a 
scroll,  with  the  word  ^^  Fssai/ons,"  a  bastion  with  embrasures  in  the 
distance  surrounded  by  water,  with  a  rising  sun — the  figures  to  be  of 
dead  gold  upon  a  bright  field.  Small  buttons  of  the  same  form  and 
device,  and  fifty-five  hundredths  of  an  inch  in  exterior  diameter. 

1406 ....  For  officers  of  the  Corps  of  Topographical  Engineers — gilt, 
seven  eighths  of  an  inch  exterior  diameter,  convex  and  solid  ;  device, 
the  shield  of  the  United  States,  occupying  one  half  the  diameter,  and 
the  letters  ST.  SE»  in  old  English  characters  the  other  half;  small  but- 
tons one  half  inch  diameter,  device  and  form  the  same. 

1407 For  Officers  of  the  Ordnance  Department — gilt,  convex,  plain 

border,  cross  cannon  and  bombshell,  with  a  circular  scroll  over  and 
across  the  cannon,  containing  the  words  *' Ordnance  Corps;"  large 
size,  seven  eighths  of  an  inch  in  exterior  diameter;  small  size,  one 
half  inch. 

1408 ....  For  Officers  of  Artillery^  Infantry,  Riflemen,  Cavalry,  and 
Dragoons — gilt,  convex ;  device,  a  spread  eagle  with  th«  letter  A,  for 
Artillery— I,  for  Infantry— E,  for  Riflemen— C,  for  Cavalry— D,  for 
Dragoons,  on  the  shield ;  large  size,  seven  eighths  of  an  inch  in  ex- 
terior diameter;  small  size,  one  half  inch. 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army,  441 

1409 Aides-de-camp  may  wear  the  button  of  the  General  Staff, 

or  of  their  regiment  or  corps,  at  their  option. 

1410.  . .  .For  all  enlisted  men — yellow,  the  same  as  is  used  by  the 
Artillery,  &c.,  omitting  the  letter  in  the  shield. 

TROWSERS. 

1411. . .  .The  uniform  trowsers  for  both  officers  and  enlisted  men 
will  be  of  cloth  throughout  the  year  ;  made  loose,  and  to  spread  well 
over  the  boot ;  of  white  and  light  blue  mixed,  commonly  called  sky- 
blue  mixture  for  regimental  officers  and  enlisted  men;  and  of  dark 
blue  cloth  for  all  other  officers ;  re-enforced  for  all  enlisted  mounted 
men. 

1412.  . .  .For  General  Officers — plain,  without  stripe,  welt,  or  cord, 
down  the  outer  seam. 

1413 ....  For  Officers  of  the  General  Staff  and  Staff  Corps  —  with 
a  buff  welt,  one  eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  let  into  the  outer 
seam. 

1414.... i^or  Regimental  Officers — with  a  welt  let  into  the  outer 
seam,  one  eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  of  the  following  colors :  for 
Artillery,  scarlet — Infantry,  dark  blue — Riflemen,  medium  or  emerald 
green — Dragoons,  orange — Cavalry,  yellow. 

1415 ....  For  all  enlisted  men — plain. 

CAP. 

1416. . .  .For  all  officers  and  enlisted  men.  Cavalry  excepted — dark 
blue  cloth,  according  to  pattern  ;  crown  of  four  upright  pieces,  height 
in  front  from  five  and  three  fourths  to  six  and  one  fourth  inches  along 
the  front  seam ;  length  behind,  from  seven  and  one  fourth  to  seven 
and  three  fourths  inches  along  the  back  seam  ;  tip  from  five  and  one 
half  to  six  inches  in  diameter,  and  inclining  downward  slightly  from 
rear  to  front  when  the  cap  is  worn  (the  dimensions  given  to  vary  with 
the  circumference  of  the  head) ;  vizor  of  strong  neat's  leather,  two 
and  one  fourth  inches  wide  at  the  middle,  black  on  the  upper  and 
green  on  the  under  sides,  to  be  put  on  at  right  angles  to  the  front  of  " 
the  cap,  or,  in  other  words,  to  be  horizontal  when  the  cap  is  worn; 
strap  of  strong  black  leather  fastening  under  the  chin  by  a  yellow 
metal  buckle  and^leather  slide ;  band  two  inches  wide  from  the  lower 
edge  of  the  cap,  and  pointed  in  front  according  to  pattern,  of  mate- 
rial, color,  and  with  ornament  as  follows  : 

1417.  . .  .For  General  Officers — band  of  dark  blue  velvet;  with  a 
gold-embroidered  wreath  in  front,  encircling  the  letters  29^.  S.  in  old 
English  characters,  in  silver. 

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442  Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army. 

1418. . .  .For  Officers  of  the  Adjutant- GeneraVs,  Inspector- G eneraV s. 
Quartermaster' Sy  Subsistence,  Medical  and  Pay  Departments,  and  the 
Judge  Advocate  of  the  Arrny — band  of  the  same  material  and  color  as 
the  cap,  welted  at  the  edges  ;  the  same  ornament  in  front  as  for  Gen- 
eral Officers. 

1419.  . ,  .For  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers — the  same  as  for  the 
General  StaiF,  except  the  ornament  in  front,  which  will  be  a  gold- 
embroidered  wreath  of  laurel  and  palm  encircling  a  silver  turreted 
castle. 

1420.  . .  .For  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Topographical  Engineers — the 
same  as  for  the  General  Staff,  except  the  ornament  in  front,  which 
will  be  a  gold-embroidered  wreath  of  oak  leaves  encircling  a  gold- 
embroidered  shield. 

1421. . .  .For  Officers  of  the  Ordnance  Department — the  same  as  for 
the  General  Staff,  except  the  ornament  in  front,  which  will  be  a  gold- 
embroidered  shell  and  flame. 

1422 ....  For  Officers  of  Artillery — the  same  as  for  the  General 
Staff,  except  the  ornament  in  front,  which  will  be  gold-embroidered 
cross  cannon,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  silver,  above  their 
intersection. 

1423 ....  For  Officers  of  Infantry — the  same  as  for  the  General 
Staff,  except  the  ornament  in  front,  which  will  be  a  gold-embroidered 
bugle,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  silver,  within  the  bend. 

1424 ....  For  Officers  of  Riflemen — the  same  as  for  the  General 
Staff,  except  the  ornament  in  front,  which  will  be  a  trumpet,  perpen- 
dicular, embroidered  in  gold,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  sil- 
ver, within  the  bend. 

14:25.  ..  .For- Officers  ojt  Dragoons — the  same  as  for  the  General 
Staff,  -except  the  ornament  in  front,  which  will  be  two  sabres  crossed 
(edges  upward),  embroidered  in  gold,  with  the  number  of  the  regi- 
ment in  silver,  in  the  upper  angle. 

1426 ....  For  all  enlisted  men,  Cavalry  excepted — bands  of  the  same 
material  and  color  as  cap,  edged  w^ith  a  welt  or  cord  of  the  same  color 
as  that  on  the  coat  or  jacket ;  letter  of  the  company  in  front,  of  yel- 
low metal  one  inch  long.  For  Engineer  soldiers — instead  of  letter  a 
turreted  castle,  and  ybr  enlisted  men  of  Ordnance — a  shell  and  flame 
both  of  yellow  metal. 

HAT. 

1427 For  Officers  of  Cavalry. — For  Field  Officers — black,  trim- 
med with  gold  cord,  and  according  to  pattern  in  the  Quarter/" aster's 
Department ;  to  be  looped  up  on  the  right  side,  and  fastened  with  an 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army.  443 

eagle,  the  eagle  being  attached  to  the  side  of  the  hat ;  three  black 
feathers  on  the  left  side;  the  number  of  the  regiment  to  be  in  front. 
For  all  other  officers — the  same  as  for  field  officers,  except  that  there 
will  be  but  two  black  feathers. 

1428 ....  For  enlisted  men  of  Cavalry — the  same  as  for  officers, 
except  that  there  will  be  but  one  black  feather,  a  worsted  instead  of 
a  gold  cord,  and  the  letter  of  the  company  substituted  for  the  number 
of  the  regiment. 

^        »  CAP   COVER. 

1429. . .  .For  officers  and  men — (to  be  worn  in  bad  weather)  black, 
of  suitable  water-proof  material,  with  a  cape  extending  below  the  cap 
ten  inches,  coming  well  forward,  and  tying  under  the  chin;  accord- 
ing to  pattern. 

POMPON. 

1430.  . .  .The  pompon  will  be  worn  by  all  officers  whenever  the 
epaulettes  are  worn,  and  by  the  enlisted  men  on  all  duty  under  arms, 
except  when  the  cap  cover  is  put  on. 

1431 ....  For  General  Officers — a  gold  -  embroidered  net  acorn, 
three  inches  long,  with  a  gold-embroidered  spread  eagle,  one  and 
three  fourths  inches  between  the  tips  of  the  wings,  and  so  attached 
to  the  base  of  the  pompon  as  to  show  in  front  of  the  cap  below  its 
top. 

1432 ....  For  all  other  officers,  and  for  all  enlisted  men,  Cavalry  ex- 
cepted— spherical,  two  and  one  fourth  inches  in  diameter,  and  as  fol- 
lows : 

For  Commissioned  Officers. ' 

1433 ....  Of  worsted,  permanently  attached  at  the  base  to  a  gold- 
netted  circular  ring  two  thirds  of  an  inch  in  diameter  by  one  third 
deep,  with  gold-embroidered  spread  eagle,  as  for  General  Officers,  and 
of  the  following  colors  : 

1434. . .  .For  the  Adjutant- GeneraVs  Department — lower  two  thirds 
buff,  upper  third  white.- 

1435.  . .  .For  the  Inspector-General* s  Department — lower  two  thirds 
buff,  upper  third  scarlet. 

1436. . .  .For  the  Judge  Advocate — white. 

1437. . .  .For  the  Qiiartermaster' s  Department — lower  two  thirds  buff, 
upper  third  light  or  sky  blue. 

1438 ....  For  the  Subsistence  Department — lower  two  thirds  buff,  up- 
per  third  royal  or  ultra-marine  blue. 


444  Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army. 

1439 ....  For  the  Medical  Department — lower  two  thirds  buff,  upper 
third  medium  or  emerald  green. 

1440 ....  For  the  Pay  Department — lower  two  thirds  bufF,  upper 
third  dark  olive  green. 

1441. . .  .For  the  Coips  of  Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers — 
lower  two  thirds  buff,  upper  third  black. 

1442 ....  For  the  Ordnance  Department — lower  two  thirds  buff,  upper 
third  crimson. 

1443 For  the  Artillery — scarlet. 

1444 ....  For  the  Infantry — light  or  sky  blue. 

1445.  . .  .For  the  Riflemen — medium  or  emerald  green. 

1446. . .  .For  the  Dragoons — orange. 

1447. . .  .For  Aides-de-camp — buff. 

1448 For  Adjutants  of  Regiments — same  as  for  the  Adjutant- 
General's  Department. 

1449 ....  For  Regimental  Quartermasters — same  as  fof  the  Quarter- 
master's Department. 

For  Enlisted  Men. 
1450 Permanently  attached  at  the  base  to  a  yellow  metal  circu- 
lar ring,  two  thirds  of  an  inch  in  diameter  by  one  third  deep,  with 
yellow  metal  spread  eagle,  one  and  three  fourths  inches  between  the 
tips  of  the  wings,  and  so  attached  to  the  base  of  the  pompon  as  to 
show  in  front  of  the  cap  below  its  top ;  according  to  pattern,  and  of 
the  following  colors  :  for  Artillery,  scarlet — Infantry,  light  or  sky  blue 
— Riflemen,  medium  or  emerald  green — Dragoons,  orange — Engineers, 
yellow — Ordnance,  crimson. 

CRAVAT   OR    STOCK. 

1451.  . .  .For  all  officers — black;  when  a  cravat  is  worn,  the  tie  not 
to  be  visible  at  the  opening  of  the  collar. 

1452. . .  .For  all  enlisted  men — black  leather,  according  to  pattern. 

BOOTS. 

1453.  . .  .For  all  officers — ankle  or  Jefferson. 

1454.  . .  .For  enlisted  men  of  Riflemen,  Dragoons,  Cavalry,  and  Light 
Artillery — ankle  and  Jefferson,  rights  and  lefts,  according  to  pat- 
tern. 

1455 . . .  .For  enlisted  men  of  Artillery,  Infantry,  Engineers,  and  Ordi- 
nance— Jefferson,  rights  and  lefts,  according  to  pattern. 

SPURS. 

1456 ....  For  all  mounted  officers — yellow  metal,  or  gilt. 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army,  445 

1457. . .  .For  all  enlisted  viounted  men — yellow  metal,  according  to 
pattern. 

GLOVES. 

1458 For  General  Officers  and  Officers  of  the  General  Staff  and 

Staff  Corps— h\\&  or  white. 

1459 For  Officers  of  Artilleryy  Infantry^  Cavalry^  Dragoons^  and 

Riflemen — white. 

SASH. 

1460. . .  .For  General  Officers — buff,  silk  net,  with  silk  bullion  fringe 
ends ;  sash  to  go  twice  around  the  waist,  and  to  tie  behind  the  left 
hip,  pendent  part  not  to  extend  more  than  eighteen  inches  below  the 
tie. 

1461.  .  ..For  Officers  of  the  Adjutant-GeneraV s,  Inspector- Generals, 
Quartermaster^ Sj  and  Subsistence  Departments,  Corps  of  Engineers,  To- 
pographical Engineers,  Ordnance,  Artillery,  Infantry,  Cavalrg,  Riflemen, 
and  Dragoons,  and  the  Judge  Advocate  of  the  Army — crimson  silk  net ; 
for  Officers  of  the  Medical  Department — medium  or  emerald  green 
silk  net ;  with  silk  bullion  fringe  ends ;  to  go  around  the  waist  and 
tie  as  or  General  Officers. 

1462 . . ; .  For  all  Sergeant-Majors,  Quartermaster- Sergeants,  C^d- 
nance-Sergeants,  First  Sergeants,  Principal  or  Chief  Musicians  and 
Cliief  Buglers — red  worsted  sash,  with  worsted  bullion  fringe  ends ; 
to  go  twice  around  the  waist,  and  to  tie  behind  the  left  hip,  pendent 
part  .not  to  extend  more  than  eighteen  inches  below  the  tie. 

1463 ....  The  sash  will  be  worn  (over  the  coat)  on  all  occasions  of 
duty  of  every  description,  except  stable  and  fatigue. 

1464.  . .  .The  sash  will  be  worn  by  "  Officers  of  the  daf  across  the 
body,  scarf  fashion,  from  the  right  shoulder  to  the  left  side,  instead  of 
around  the  waist,  tying  behind  the  left  hip  as  prescribed. 

SWORD-BELT. 

1465. . .  .For  all  officers — a  waist  belt  not  less  than  one  and  one 
half  inches,  nor  more  than  two  inches  wide ;  to  be  worn  over  the 
sash ;  the  sword  to  be  suspended  from  it  by  slings  of  the  same  mate- 
rial as  the  belt,  with  a  hook  attached  to  the  belt  upon  which  the 
sword  may  be  hung. 

1466 For  General  Officers — Russian  leather,  with  three  stripes 

of  gold  embroidery ;  the  slings  embroidered  on  both  sides. 

1467. . .  .For  all  other  officers — black  leather,  plain. 

1468 ....  Fo^"  all  non-commissioned  offi'cers — black  leather,  plain. 


446  Unifwm  and  Dress  of  the  Army. 

SWORD-BELT   PLATE. 

1469 ....  For  all  officers  and  enlisted  men — gilt,  rectangular,  two 
inches  wide,  with  a  raised  bright  rim ;  a  silver  wreath  of  laurel  en- 
circling the  "Arms  of  the  United  States;"  eagle,  shield,  scroll,  edge 
of  cloud  and  rays  bright.  The  motto,  "E  Pluribus  Unum,"  in  sil- 
ver letters,  upon  the  scroll ;  stars  also  of  silver ;  according  to  pattern. 

SWOKD   AND    SCABBARD. 

1470 ....  For  General  Officers — straight  sword,  gilt  hilt,  silver  grip, 
brass  or  steel  scabbard. 

1471.  , .  .For  Officers  of  the  Adjutant- GeneraVs,  Inspector- GeneraVs, 
Quartermaster's,  and  Subsistence  Departments,  Corps  of  Engineers,  To- 
pographical Engineers,  Ordnance,  the  Judge  Advocate  of  the  Army,  Aides 
de  Camp,  Field  Officers  of  Artillery,  Infantry,  and  Foot  Riflemen,  and 
for  the  Light  Artillery — the  sword  of  the  pattern  adopted  by  the  War 
Department,  April  9,  1850. 

1472 ....  For  the  Medical  and  Pay  Departments — small  sword  and 
st^abbard,  according  to  pattern  in  the  Surgeon-General's  office. 

1473 ....  For  Cavalry  Officers — sabre  and  scabbard  now  in  use,  ac- 
cording to  pattern  in  the  Ordnance  Department. 

1474.  . .  .For  the  Artillery,  Infantry,  and  Foot  Riflemen,  except  the 
field  officers — the  sword  of  the  pattern  adopted  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment, April  9,  1850. 

1475 ....  The  sword  and  sword  belt  will  be  worn  upon  all  occasions 
of  duty,  without  exception. 

1476.  . .  .When  on  foot,  the  sabre  will  be  suspended  from  the  hook 
attached  to  the  belt. 

1477 ....  When  not  on  military  duty,  officers  may  wear  swords  of 
honor,  or  the  prescribed  sword,  with  a  scabbard,  gilt,  or  of  leather 
with  gilt  mountings. 

SWORD-KNOT. 

1478.  . .  .For  General  Officers — gold  cord  with  acorn  end. 
1479 ....  For  all  other  officers — gold  lace  strap  with  gold  bullion 
tassel. 

BADGES    TO   DISTINGUISH   RANK. 

Epaulettes. 
1480. . .  .For  the  Major-General  Commanding  the  Army — gold,  with 
solid  crescent ;  device,  three  silver-embroidered  stars,  one,  one  and  a 
half  inches  in  diameter,  one,  one  and  one  fourth  incites  in  diameter. 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army.  447 

and  one,  one  and  one  eighth  inches  in  diameter,  placed  on  the  strap 
in  a  row,  longitudinally,  and  equidistant,  the  largest  star  in  the  centre 
of  the  crescent,  the  smallest  at  the  top ;  dead  and  bright  gold  bullion, 
one  half  inch  in  diameter  and  three  and  one  half  inches  long. 

1481.  . .  .Foi'  all  other  Major- Generals — the  same  as  for  the  Major- 
General  Commanding  the  Army,  except  that  there  will  be  two  stars 
on  the  strap  instead  of  tliree,  omitting  the  smallest. 

1482.  . .  .For  a  Brigadier-General — the  same  as  for  a  Major-Gen- 
eral,  except  that,  instead  of  two,  there  shall  be  one  star  (omitting  the 
smallest),  placed  upon  the  strap,  and  not  within  the  crescent. 

1483 ....  For  a  Colonel — the  same  as  for  a  Brigadier-General,  sub- 
stituting a  silver-embroidered  spread  eagle  for  the  star  upon  the 
strap  ;  and  within  the  crescent  for  the  Medical  Department — a  laurel 
wreath  embroidered  in  gold,  and  the  letters  Jtt,  <S.,  in  old  English 
characters,  in  silver,  within  the  wreath ;  Pay  Department — same  as 
the  Medical  Department,  with  the  letters  ^»  29.,  in  old  English  char- 
acters; Corps  of  Engineers — a  turreted  castle  of  silver;  Coips  of  To- 
pographical Engineers — a  shield  embroidered  in  gold,  and  below  it  the 
letters  ST.  25.,  in  old  English  characters,  in  silver;  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment— shell  and  flame  in  silver  embroidery ;  Regimental  Officers — the 
number  of  the  regiment  embroidered  in  gold,  within  a  circlet  of  em- 
broidered silver,  one  and  three  fourths  inches  in  diameter,  upon  cloth 
of  the  following  colors  :  for  Artillery — scarlet ;  Infantry — light  or  sky 
blue ;  Riflemen — medium  or  emerald  green ;  Dragoons — orange ;  Cav- 
alry— yellow. 

1484. . .  .For  a  Lieutenant- Colonel — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  ac- 
cording to  corps,  but  substituting  for  the  eagle  a  silver-embroidered 
leaf. 

1485 ....  For  a  Major — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  according  to 
corps,  omitting  the  eagle. 

1486 ....  For  a  Cajjtain — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  according  to 
corps,  except  that  the  bullion  will  be  only  one  fourth  of  an  inch  in 
diameter,  and  two  and  one  half  inches  long,  and  substituting  for  the 
eagle  two  silver-embroidered  bars. 

1487.  . .  .For  a  First  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  accord- 
ing to  corps,  except  that  the  bullion  will  be  only  one  eighth  of  an  inch 
in  diameter,  and  two  and  one  half  inches  long,  and  substituting  for 
the  eagle  one  silver-embroidered  bar. 

1488 .' . . .  For  a  Second  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  First  Lieuten- 
ant, omitting  the  bar. 

1489 ....  For  a  Brevet  Second  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Second 
Lieutenant. 


448  Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Anny. 

1490 ....  All  officers  having  military  rank  will  wear  one  epaulette 
on  each  shoulder. 

1491.  . .  .The  epaulette  may  be  dispensed  with  when  not  on  duty, 
and  on  certain  duties  off  parade,  to  wit:  at  drills,  at  inspections  of  bar- 
racks and  hospitals,  on  Courts  of  Inquiry  and  Boards,  at  inspections 
of  articles  and  necessaries,  on  working  parties  and  fatigue  duties,  and 
upon  the  march,  except  when,  in  war,  there  is  immediate  expectation 
of  meeting  the  enemy,  and  also  when  the  overcoat  is  worn. 

Shouldei^  Straps. 

1492.  . .  .For  the  Major- General  commanding  the  Army — dark  blue 
cloth,  one  and  three  eighths  inches  wide  by  four  inches  long ;  bor- 
dered with  an  embroidery  of  gold  one  fourth  of  an  inch  wide ;  three 
silver-embroidered  stars  of  five  rays,  one  star  on  the  centre  of  the 
strap,  and  one  on  each  side  equidistant  between  the  centre  and  the 
outer  edge  of  the  strap  ;  the  centre  star  to  be  the  largest. 

1493. . .  .For  all  other  Major- Generals — the  same  as  for  the  Major- 
General  Commanding  the  Army,  except  that  there  will  be  two  stars  in- 
stead of  three ;  the  centre  of  each  star  to  be  one  inch  from  the  outer 
edge  of  the  gold  embroidery  on  the  ends  of  the  strap ;  both  stars  of 
the  same  size. 

1494 For  a  Brigadier-General — the  same  as  for  a  Major-Gen- 

eral,  except  that  there  will  be  one  star  instead  of  two ;  the  centre  of 
the  star  to  be  equidistant  from  the  outer  edge  of  the  embroidery  on 
the  ends  of  the  strap. 

1495 ....  For  a  Colonel — the  same  size  as  for  a  Major-General,  and 
bordered  in  like  manner  with  an  embroidery  of  gold ;  a  silver-embroi- 
dered spread  eagle  on  the  centre  of  the  strap,  two  inches  between  the 
tips  of  the  wings,  having  in  the  right  talon  an  olive  branch,  and  in 
the  left  a  bundle  of  arrows ;  an  escutcheon  on  the  breast,  as  repre- 
sented in  the  arms  of  the  United  States ;  cloth  of  the  strap  as  follows : 
for  the  General  Staff  and  Staff  Corps — dark  blue  ;  Artillery — scarlet ; 
Infantry — light  or  sky  blue;  Riflemen  —  medium  or  emerald  green; 
Dragoons — orange ;   Cavalry — ^yellow. 

1496 ....  For  a  Lieutenant-  Cohnel — ^the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  ac- 
cording to  corps,  omitting  the  eagle,  and  introducing  a  silver-embroi- 
dered leaf  at  each  end,  each  leaf  extending  seven  eighths  of  an  inch 
from  the  end  border  of  the  strap. 

1497.... i^or  a  Major — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  according  to 
corps,  omitting  the  eagle,  and  introducing  a  gold-embroidered  leaf  at 
each  end,  each  leaf  extending  seven  eighths  of  an  inch  from  the  end 
border  of  the  strap. 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army,  449 

1498 For  a  Captain — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  according  to 

corps,  omitting  the  eagle,  and  introducing  at  each  end  two  gold-em- 
•  broidered  bars  of  the  same  width  as  the  border,  placed  parallel  to  the 
ends  of  the  strap ;  the  distance  between  them  and  from  the  border 
equal  to  the  width  of  the  border. 

1499 For  a  First  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  ac- 
cording to  corps,  omitting  the  eagle,  and  introducing  at  each  end  one 
gold-embroidered  bar  of  the  same  width  as  the  border,  placed  paral- 
lel to  the  ends  of  the  strap,  at  a  distance  from  the  border  equal  to  its 
width. 

1500 For  a  Second  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Colonel,  ac- 
cording to  corps,  omitting  the  eagle. 

1501 For  a  Brevet  Second  Lieutenant — the  same  as  for  a  Second 

Lieutenant. 

1502. . .  .The  shoulder  strap  will  be  worn  whenever  the  epaulette 
is  not. 

Chevrons. 

1503 ....  The  rank  of  non-commissioned  officers  will  be  marked  by- 
chevrons  upon  both  sleeves  of  the  uniform  coat  and  overcoat,  above 
the  elbow,  of  silk  or  worsted  binding  one  half  an  inch  wide,  same  color 
as  the  edging  on  the  coat,  points  down,  as  follows : 

1504.  . .  .For  a  Sergeant-Major — three  bars  and  an  arc,  in  silk. 

1505 ....  i^or  a  Quartermaster-Sejyeant — three  bars  and  a  tie,  in 
silk. 

1506. . .  .For  an  Ordnance  Sergeant — three  bars  and  a  star,  in  silk. 

1507 For  a  First  Sergeant — three  bars  and  a  lozenge,  in  worsted. 

1508. . .  .For  a  Sergeant — three  bars,  in  worsted. 

1509. . .  .For  a  Corporal — two  bars,  in  worsted. 

1510.  ...  Tb  indicate  service — all  non-commissioned  officers,  musi- 
cians, and  privates,  who  have  served  faithfully  for  the  term  of  five 
years,  will  wear,  as  a  mark  of  distinction,  upon  both  sleeves  of  the 
uniform  coat,  below  the  elbow,  a  diagonal  half  chevron,  one  half  an 
inch  wide,  extending  from  seam  to  seam,  the  front  end  nearest  the 
cuff,  and  one  half  an  inch  above  the  point  of  the  cuff,  to  be  of  the 
same  color  as  the  edging  on  the  coat.  In  like  manner,  an  additional 
half  chevron,  above  and  parallel  to  the  first,  for  every  subsequent  five 
years  of  faithful  service ;  distance  between  each  chevron  one  fourth 
of  an  inch.  Service  in  war  will  be  indicated  by  a  light  or  sky-blue 
stripe  on  each  side  of  the  chevron  for  Artillery,  and  a  red  stripe  for 
all  other  corps,  the  stripe  to  be  one  eighth  of  an  inch  wide. 


450  Unifoi^i  and  Dress  of  the  Aimy. 

OVERCOAT. 

For  Commissioned  Officers.  ' 

1511.  .  ..A  ^^ cloak  coat''  of  dark  blue  cloth,  closing  by  means  of 
four  frog  buttons  of  black  silk  and  loops  of  black  silk  cord  down  the 
breast,  and  at  the  throat  by  a  long  loop  a  echelle,  without  tassel  or 
plate,  on  the  left  side,  and  a  black  silk  frog  button  on  the  right ;  cord 
for  the  loops  fifteen  hundi-edths  of  an  inch  in  diameter;  back,  a  single 
piece,  slit  up  from  the  bottom,  from  fifteen  to  seventeen  inches,  ac- 
cording to  the  height  of  the  wearer,  and  closing  at  will,  by  buttons, 
and  button-holes  cut  in  a  concealed  flap ;  collar  of  the  same  color  and 
material  as  the  coat,  rounded  at  the  edges,  and  to  stand  or  fall ;  when 
standing,  to  be  about  five  inches  high  ;  sleeves  loose,  of  a  single  piece, 
and  round  at  the  bottom,  without  cuff  or  slit ;  lining,  woolen  ;  around 
the  front  and  lower  border,  the  edges  of  the  pockets,  the  edges  of  the 
sleeves,  collar,  and  slit  in  the  back,  a  flat  braid  of  black  silk  one  half 
an  inch  wide ;  and  around  each  frog  button  on  the  breast,  a  knot  two 
and  one  quarter  inches  in  diameter  of  black  silk  cord,  seven  hund- 
redths of  an  inch  in  diameter,  arranged  according  to  drawing ;  cape 
of  the  same  color  and  material  as  the  coat,  removable  at  the  pleasure 
of  the  wearer,  and  reaching  to  the  cuff  of  the  coat  sleeve  when  the 
arm  is  extended ;  coat  to  extend  down  the  leg  from  six  to  eight  inches 
below  the  knee,  according  to  height.  To  indicate  rank,  there  will  be 
on  both  sleeves,  near  the  lower  edge,  a  knot  of  flat  black  silk  braid 
not  exceeding  one  eighth  of  an  inch  in  width,  arranged  according  to 
drawing,  and  composed  as  follows  : 

1512.  . .  .For  a  General — of  five  braids,  double  knot. 
1513 For  a  Colonel — of  five  braids,  single  knot. 

1514. . .  .For  a  Lieutenant- Colonel — of  four  braids,  single  knot. 
1515.  . .  .For  a  Major — of  three  braids,  single  knot. 
1516 .. .  .For  a  Captain— oi  two  braids,  single  knot. 

1517.  . .  .For  a  First  Lieutenant — of  one  braid,  single  knot. 

1518,  . .  .For  a  Second  Lieutenant  and  Brevet  Second  LJeutenant — a 
plain  sleeve,  without  knot  or  ornament. 

For  Enlisted  Men. 

1519. ,  .  .Of  all  Mounted  Coiys  —  of  blue-gray  mixture ;  stand-up 
collar ;  double-breasted ;  cape  to  reach  down  to  the  cuff  of  the  coat 
when  the  arm  is  extended,  and  to  button  all  the  way  up ;  buttons 
(UIO). 

1520.  . .  .All  other  enlisted  men — of  blue-gray  mixture ;  stand-up  col- 
lar ;  single-breasted ;  cape  to  reach  down  to  the  elbows  when  the  arm 
is  extended,  and  to  button  all  the  way  up;  buttons  (1410). 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army.  451 

OTHER  ARTICLES  OF  CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPMENT. 

1521 .  . .  .Flannel  skirt,  drawers,  stockings,  and  stable  frock — the  same 
as  now  furnished. 

1522 ....  Blanket — woolen,  gray,  with  letters  U.  S.  in  black,  four 
inches  long,  in  the  centre ;  to  be  seven  feet  long,  and  five  and  a  half 
feet  wide,  and  to  weigh  five  pounds. 

1523.  . . .  Canvas  Overalls  for  Engineer  soldiers  —  of  white  cotton; 
one  garment  to  cover  the  whole  of  the  body  below  the  waist,  the 
breast,  the  shoulders,  and  the  arms ;  sleeves  loose,  to  allow  a  free  play 
of  the  arms,  with  narrow  wristband  buttoning  with  one  button ;  over- 
alls to  fasten  at  the  neck  behind  with  two  buttons,  and  at  the  waist 
behind  with  buckle  and  tongue. 

1524.  . .  .Belts  of  all  enlisted  men — black  leather. 

1525.  . . .  Cartridge  box — according  to  pattern  in  the  Ordnance  De- 
partment. 

1526 ....  Drum  sling — Avhite  webbing ;  to  be  provided  with  a  brass 
drum-stick  carriage,  according  to  pattern. 

1^21 ....  Knapsack — according  to  pattern  in  the  Quartermaster's 
Department.  The  great-coat,  when  carried,  to  be  neatly  folded,  not 
rolled,  and  covered  by  the  outer  flap  of  the  knapsack. 

1528. . .  .Haversack — of  gutta  percha,  tin,  or  other  material,  and  of 
pattern  to  be  prepared  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  after  mak- 
ing the  requisite  experiments. 

1529.  . . .  Canteen — of  pattern  to  be  prepared  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department. 

1530.  . . .  Tent — French  bell-tent,  according  to  pattern  in  the  Quar- 
termaster's Department — for  all  enlisted  men. 

HORSE   rURNITtJRE. 

For  General  Officers  and  the  General  Staff, 

1531 — Housing  for  General  Officers — to  be  worn  over  the  saddle  ;  of 
dark  blue  cloth,  trimmed  with  two  rows  of  gold  lace,  the  outer  row 
one  inch  and  five  eighths  wide,  the  inner  row  two  inches  and  one 
fourth ;  to  be  made  full,  so  as  to  cover  the  horse's  haunches  and  fore- 
hands, and  to  bear  on  each  flank  corner  the  following  ornaments,  dis- 
tinctive of  rank,  to  wit:  for  the  Major- General  Commanding  the  Army 
—a  gold-embroidered  spread  eagle  and  three  stars.  For  other  Ma- 
jor-Generals — a  gold-embroidered  spread  eagle  and  two  starjs.  For  a 
Brigadier- Gener-al — a  gold-embroidered  spread  eagle  and  one  star. 

1532 Saddle-cloth  for  General  Staff  Officers — dark  blue  cloth, 


452  Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army. 

of  sufficient  length  to  cover  the  saddle  and  holsters,  and  one  foot  ten 
inches  in  depth,  with  an  edging  of  gold  lace  one  inch  wide. 

1533 ....  Surcingle — blue  web. 

1531 Bridle — black  leather ;  bent  branch  bit,  with  gilt  bosses  •, 

the  front  and  roses  yellow. 

1535 Co/fer— yellow. 

1536 Holsters — black  leather,  with  gilt  mountings. 

1537 ....  Stirrups — gilt  or  yellow  metal. 

For  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  and  Topographical  Engineers, 
1538 The  same  as  for  General  Staff  Officers. 

For  Officers  of  the  Ordnance  Department  and  Field  and  Regimental 
Staff  Officers  of  Artillery  and  Infantry. 

1539 ....  Saddle-cloth — dark  blue  cloth  two  feet  ten  inches  in  length, 
and  one  foot  ten  inches  in  depth,  with  gold  lace  five  eighths  of  an 
inch  in  width;  scarlet  edging  for  the  Artillery;  dark  blue  edging  for 
the  Ordnance ;  light  or  sky-blue  edging  for  the  Infantry. 

1540 ^nc?/e— black  leather ;  gilt  bits  and  mountings  ;  front  and 

roses  for  Artillery — scarlet ;  for  the  Ordnance — dark  blue  ;  for  In- 
fantry— light  or  sky  blue. 

1541 Stirrups — yellow. 

1542 Collar — for  Artillery — scarlet;    for  the    Ordnance — dark 

blue  ;  for  Infantry — light  or  sky  blue. 

154:3. ..  .Holste7's — ^black  leather  with  gilt  mountings,  and  black 
leather  cover. 

For  Commissioned  Officers  of  Dragoons  and  Cavalry. 

1544 ....  Saddle-cloth  for  Dragoons — dark  blue  cloth,  with  border 
one  and  one  half  inches  wide  ;  gold  lace ybr  Field  and  Regimental  Staff 
Officers,  and  orange-colored  cloth  for  Company  Officers ;  this  border 
to  be  set  back  one  quarter  of  an  inch  from  the  edge,  which  will  be 
bound  with  patent  leather.  The  saddle  cover  to  be  pointed  in  the 
flanks,  and  to  extend  eleven  inches  behind  the  cantle,  having  thirty 
inches  depth  from  the  back  seam  to  the  flank  points. 

1545 ....  Saddle — Grimsley's,  of  model  deposited  in  the  Quarter- 
master's Department ;  stirrup-leathers  to  pass  through  staples  let  into 
the  lower  edge  of  the  side-bars ;  girths  to  buckle  to  straps  strongly 
nailed  and  riveted  to  side-bars  ;  morticed  holes  in  pommel  and  can- 
tie  for  cloak  and  valise  straps  ;  iron  rings  and  staples  on  the  cantle 
end  of  side-bars  for  attaching  shoe  pouch  and  crupper  ;  the  tree  to  be 
protected  and  strengthened  by  a  covering  of  raw-hide ;  quilted  seat, 


Uniform  and  Dress  of  the  Army,  453 

sewed  down  and  stitched  as  in  the  model ;  leather  skirts  to  protect 
the  blanket  on  which  the  trooper  rides  in  service,  and  the  trowsers  of 
the  rider,  and  small  under  skirts  to  protect  the  sides  of  the  horse  from 
the  girth  buckles. 

1546 ....  Girths — indigo  blue,  worsted  webbing,  three  inches  and 
one  half  wide,  three  feet  nine  inches  long. 

1547 Surcingles — indigo  blue,  worsted  webbing,  three  inches  and 

one  half  wide  ;  five  feet  webbing,  two  feet  strap. 

1548 Stirruj^- leathers — black,  one  inch  and  three  eighths  wide, 

with  oval  brass  buckles. 

1549 Stirrups — brass,  and   of  same  pattern   as  furnished  the 

First  Regiment  of  Dragoons  in  1834. 

1550.  . .  .Breast-strap — same  as  that  heretofore  furnished  the  Dra 
goons,  and  attached  in  the  same  manner. 

1551. . .  .Breast-plate — plain  brass  heart. 

1552 Crupper — to  buckle  into  rings  on  each  side-bar,  as  in  the 

model. 

1553 ....  Holsters — black  leather,  the  pipes  to  have  plain  brass  tips, 
extending  up  two  inches  and  a  half,  to  be  attached  to  the  saddle  and 
breast-strap,  as  in  the  model. 

1554 ....  Holster-covers — black  leather,  extending  two  inches  below 
the  shoulder  of  the  holster-pipe,  terminated  by  a  leather  strap  one 
inch  wide,  strongly  sewed  to  the  cover,  the  strap  to  button  to  a  brass 
knob  firmly  riveted  to  the  holster. 

1555 ....  Saddle-hlanket — plain  dark  blue,  as  now  furnished. 

1556 ....  Valise — dark  blue  cloth,  bound  with  patent  leather  ;  water 
proof ;  five  inches  and  one  half  in  diameter ;  eighteen  inches  long ; 
attached  to  saddle  by  three  straps,  the  middle  one  to  pass  through  the 
mortice  of  the  cantle,  and  suspend  the  valise  efiectually  from  the 
horse's  back.  -- 

1557 Pack-saddle — Grimsley's— of  pattern  in  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department ;  the  girth  to  be  four  inches  wide,  and  to  be  made 
of  horse-hair  or  Manilla  grass. 

1558 Spurs — brass,  of  pattern  in  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment ;  the  leather  strap  to  be  three  fourths  of  an  inch  wide. 

1559 Bridle — with  an  S  hit^  with  strengthening  cross-bar  con- 
necting the  lower  extremities  of  the  branches  ;  mouth  piece  of  three 
patterns,  as  prescribed  in  the  Cavalry  Tactics,  to  be  supplied  to  com- 
panies in  the  proportion  therein  recommended :  one  sixth  mild,  four 
sixths  medium,  one  sixth  severe  ;  branches  all  medium ;  material  of 
bit,  steel  thickly  plated  with  brass.  Curh — leather  strap  five  eighths 
of  an  inch  wide,  with  brass  buckle.     Head-stall — single  cheek  pieces, 


454  TJniforun  and  Dress  of  tJie  Army. 

one  inch  wide,  with  brass  wire  buckles  on  each  end ;  buckled  to  bit 
and  upper  part  of  head-stall.  Throat-strap— fi\Q  eighths  of  an  inch 
wide,  with  brass  buckles  on  each  side.  Front-piece — single  plain  strap, 
one  and  one  quarter  inches  wide  ;  a  brass  circular  plate,  one  and  one 
half  inches  diameter  on  each  extremity,  with  .beaded  edge.  Reins — 
leather,  seven  eighths  of  an  inch  wide ;  curb  rein  five  feet  six  inches 
long,  snafile  rein  four  feet  six  inches  long  ;  both  buckled  to  the  bit ; 
curb  rein  provided  with  a  strong  leather  slide.  Buckles — ^brass  wire, 
with  oval  top  and  strong  tongue. 

1560.  . .  .Halter — same  pattern  as  furnished  the  First  Eegiment  of 
Dragoons  since  1839 ;  all  the  straps  to  be  one  and  four  eighths  inches 
wide ;  of  strong  harness  leather ;  the  cheek  pieces  to  be  connected 
with  the  neck  and  nose  bands  by  iron  rings,  those  for  nose  band  to  be 
square,  one  inch  and  one  half  inside,  those  for  neck  band  round,  one 
inch  and  three  fourths  in  diameter ;  the  strap,  seven  feet  long,  to 
buckle  into  an  iron  ring,  and  to  have  the  usual  taper  for  ease  in  ty- 
ing, &c. 

1561 ... .  Watering -bridle — plain  ring  snaffle,  with  single  rein  ;  to 
be  attached  to  the  lower  side  rings  of  the  halter  by  short  chains  and 
attachment  bars. 

For  Enlisted  Men  of  Dragoons  and  Cavalry. 

1562. . .  .The  same  as  described  for  commissioned  officers  of  these 
arms,  except  as  follows  : 

1563 ... .  Breast-plate — plain  brass  heart. 

l^Q^ ....  Holsters — black  leather;  left  side  for  pistol,  right  side 
made  in  the  form  of  a  pouch,  for  holding  grooming  articles  ;  attached 
to  the  saddle  and  breast-strap  as  in  the  model. 

1565 ....  Holster-covers — black  leather,  extending  two  inches  below 
the  shoulder  of  holster  pipe  on  the  left  side,  and  to  a  corresponding 
distance  on  the  right  side ;  terminated  by  a  leather  strap  one  inch 
wide,  strongly  sewed  to  the  cover  ;  the  strap  to  button  to  a  brass  knob, 
firmly  riveted  to  the  holster  and  pouch. 

IbQQ ....  Valise — dark  blue  cloth;  water-proof;  five  inches  and 
one  half  diameter  ;  eighteen  inches  long  ;  attached  to  saddle  by  three 
straps,  the  middle  one  to  pass  through  the  mortice  of  the  cantle  and 
suspend  the  valise  effectually  from  the  horse's  back ;  a  brass  circular 
plate,  one  inch  and  one  half  diameter,  with  beaded  edge,  on  each  end 
of  the  valise. 

1567 ....  Bridle — same  as  for  commissioned  officers. 

1568 ....  Ciirhine  strap  and  hoot — same  as  heretofore  furnished  the 
Dragoons,  and  attached  to  saddle  by  a  ring  and  staple  riveted  to  the 


Unifonn  and  Dress  of  the  Army.  455 

pommel  end  of  right  side-bar  (carbine  pommel  strap,  twenty-eight 
inches  long,  three  fourths  of  an  inch  wide,  with  oval  brass  buckle). 

For  the  Mounted  Riflemen. 
1569 The  same  as  for  Dragoons,  except  that  for  company  offi- 
cers the  border  of  the  saddle-cloth  will  be  of  medium  or  emerald 
green  cloth. 

For  the  Light  Artillery. 
1570. . .  .The  same  as  for  Dragoons,  except  that  the  border  of  the 
saddle-cloth  for  officers  will  be  of  scarlet  cloth. 

MILITARY    STOREKEEPERS. 

1571.  . .  .A  citizen's  frock  coat  of  blue  cloth,  with  buttons  of  the  de- 
partment to  which  they  are  attached;  round  black  hat;  pantaloons 
and  vest,  plain,  white  or  dark  blue ;  cravat  or  stock,  black. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1572 General  Officers,  and  Colonels  having  the  brevet  rank  of 

General  Officers,  may,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  and  when  not  serv- 
ing with  troops,  wear  the  "dress"  and  "  undress"  prescribed  by  exist- 
ing regulations. 

1573 ....  Officers  below  the  grade  of  Colonel  having  brevet  rank, 
will  wear  the  epaulettes  and  shoulder  straps  distinctive  of  their  army 
rank.  In  all  other  respects,  their  uniform  and  dress  will  be  that  of 
their  respective  regiments,  corps,  or  departments,  and  according  to 
their  commissions  in  the  same.  Officers  above  the  grade  of  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel by  ordinary  commission,  having  brevet  rank,  may  wear 
the  uniform  of  their  respective  regiments  or  corps,  or  that  of  General 
Officers,  according  to  their  brevet  rank. 

1574 Officers  are  permitted  to  wear  a  plain  dark  blue  body  coat, 

with  the  button  designating  their  respective  corps,  regiments,  or  de- 
partments, without  any  other  mark  or  ornament  upon  it.  Such  a  coat, 
however,  is  not  to  be  considered  as  a  dress  for  any  military  purpose. 

1575 In  like  manner,  officers  are  permitted  to  wear  a  buff,  white, 

or  blue  vest,  with  the  small  button  of  their  corps,  regiment,  or  de- 
partment. 

1576.  . .  .Officers  serving  with  mounted  troops  are  allowed  to  wear 
for  stable  duty,  a  plain  dark  blue  cloth  jacket,  with  one  or  two  rows 
of  buttons  down  the  front,  according  to  rank ;  stand-up  collar,  sloped 
in  front  as  that  of  the  uniform  coat;  shoulder  straps  according  to 
rank,  but  no  other  ornament. 


1. 


456  Militia, 

1577 The  liair  to  be  short ;  the  beard  to  be  worn  at  the  pleasure 

of  the  individual,  but  when  worn  to  be  kept  short  and  neatly  trimmed. 

1578.  . .  .A  Band  wiU  wear  the  uniform  of  the  regiment  or  corps  to 
which  it  belongs.  The  commanding  officer  may,  at  the  expense  of 
the  corps,  sanctioned  by  the  Council  of  Administration,  make  such 
additions  in  ornaments  as  he  may  judge  proper. 

AETICLE  LII. 

MILITIA   IN   THE    SERVICE    OF   THE   UNITED    STATES. 

1579.  . .  .Whenever  volunteer  or  drafted  militia  are  called  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  by  any  officer  authorized  to  make  such 
call,  the  requisition  must  be  made  on  the  Governor  of  the  State  or 
Territory  in  which  the  militia  are  to  be  raised,  and  the  number  of 
officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  and  privates  will  be  stated  in  the 
requisition,  according  to  the  organization  prescribed  by  the  law  of  the 
United  States. 

1580 ....  Before  militia  are  received  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  they  shall  be  mustered  by  an  Inspector-General,  or  some  other 
officer  of  the  regular  army,  specially  designated  to  muster  them. 

1581 ...  .It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  designated  to  muster  and 
inspect  militia,  to  forward  muster-rolls  of  each  company,  and  of  the 
field  and  staff  of  each  regiment,  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army,  Washington  ;  and  he  will  also  immediately  forward  a  consoli- 
dated return,  by  regiments  and  corps,  of  the  force  received  into  serv- 
ice, for  the  information  of  the  War  Department. 

1582  ...,  Mustering  in. — Reference  will  be  made  to  the  particular 
act  or  acts  of  Congress  under  which  the  militiq,  are  called  into  service. 
If  there  be  no  such  act,  then  to  the  act  May  8,  1792,  amended  by  the 
acts,  April  18,  1814,  and  April  20,  1816.  Mustering  officers  will  not 
muster  into  service  a  gi-eater  number  of  officers,  or  of  higher  rank 
than  the  law  prescribes.  No  officers  of  the  general  staff  will  be  mus- 
tered or  received  into  service,  except  such  general  officers,  wdth  their 
aides-de-camp,  as  may  be  required  to  complete  the  organization  of 
brigades  or  divisions. 

1583 ....  Mustering  out. — The  rolls  for  this  purpose  will  be  compared 
with  those  of  the  first  muster.  All  persons  on  the  first  rolls,  and  ab- 
sent at  the  final  muster,  must  be  accounted  for — whether  dead,  cap- 
tured, discharged,  or  otherwise  absent ;  and  if  the  mustering  officer,  in 
any  particular  case,  shall  have  cause  to  doubt  the  report  made  to  be 
entered  on  the  rolls,  he  shall  demand  the  oath  of  one  or  more  persons 
to  prove  the  fact  to  his  satisfaction ;  fm'ther,  he  shall  take  care  that 
not  more  persons  of  the  several  ranks  be  mustered  out  of  service  than 


Militia,  457 

were  mustered  in,  if  there  be  an  excess  over  the  requisition  or  beyond 
the  law,  nor  recognize  additions  or  substitutes,  without  full  satisfac- 
tion that  the  additions  or  substitutions  were  regularly  made,  and  at 
the  time  reported  on  the  rolls. 

1584 Officers  charged  with  the  duty  of  mustering  militia  will 

take  care  that  the  muster-rolls  contain  all  the  inforaiation  that  may 
in  any  way  affect  their  pay ;  the  distance  from  the  places  of  residence 
to  the  place  of  rendezvous  or  organization,  and  the  date  of  arrival, 
must  be  stated  in  each  case  ;  the  date  and  place  of  discharge,  and  the 
distance  thence  to  the  place  of  residence  ;  all  stoppages  for  articles 
furnished  by  the  Government  must  be  noted  on  the  rolls ;  and  in  cases 
of  absence  at  the  time  of  discharge  of  the  company,  the  cause  of  ab- 
sence must  be  stated.  When  the  necessary  information  can  not  be 
obtained,  the  mustering  officer  will  state  the  reason. 

1585 If,  as  has  sometimes  happened,  militia,  at  the  end  of  a 

term  of  service,  shall,  from  the  want  of  a  mustering  officer,  disperse 
or  return  home  without  being  regularly  mustered  out ;  and  if,  with  a 
view  to  a  payment,  a  muster  shall  afterward  be  ordered  by  competent 
authority,  the  officer  sent  for  the  purpose  shall  carefully  verify  all  the 
facts  affecting  pay,  by  the  oath  oT  one  or  more  of  the  officers  belong- 
ing to  such  militia,  in  order  that  full  justice  may  be  done, 

1586-.  . .  .In  all  cases  of  muster  for  payment^  whether  final  or  other- 
wise, the  mustering  officer  will  give  his  particular  attention  to  the 
state  and  condition  of  the  public  property :  such  as  quartei-s,  camp- 
equipage,  means  of  transportation,  arms,  accoutrements,  ammunition, 
&c.,  which  have  been  in  the  use  or  possession  of  the  militia  to  be 
paid ;  and  if  any  such  public  property  shall  appear  to  be  damaged, 
or  lost,  beyond  ordinary  wear  or  unavoidable  accident,  such  loss  or 
damage  shall  be  noted  on  the  muster-rolls,  in  order  that  the  injury  or 
loss  sustained  by  the  United  States  may  be  stopped  from  the  pay  that 
would  otherwise  be  due  to  the  individual  or  detachment  mustered  for 
payment.  See  regulations  of  the  Ordnance  Department.  This  provision 
shall  be  read  to  all  detachments  of  militia  on  being  mustered  into 
service,  and  as  much  oftener  as  may  be  deemed  necessary. 

1587 Payments  will,  in  all  cases,  be  made  by  the  Paymasters 

of  the  regular  army. 

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APPENDIX. 

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AKTICLES  OF  WAR. 

AN  ACT  FOR  ESTABLISHING  RULES  AND  ARTICLES  FOR  THE  GOVERN- 
MENT OP  THE  ARMIES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES.* 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted,  hy  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  United  States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled,  That,  from  and 
after  the  passing  of  this  act,  the  following  shall  be  the  rules  and  arti- 
cles by  which  the  armies  of  the  United  States  shall  be  governed : 

Article  1.  Every  officer  now  in  the  army  of  the  United  States 
shall,  in  six  months  from  the  passing  of  this  act,  and  every  officer  who 
shall  hereafter  be  appointed  shall,  before  he  enters  on  the  duties  of 
his  office,  subscribe  these  rules  and  regulations. 

Art.  2.  It  is  earnestly  recommended  to  all  officers  and  soldiers  dil- 
igently to  attend  divine  service ;  and  all  officers  who  shall  behave  in- 
decently or  irreverently  at  any  place  of  divine  worship  shall,  if  com- 
missioned officers,  be  brought  before  a  general  court-martial,  there  to 
be  publicly  and  severely- reprimanded  by  the  president;  if  non-com- 
missioned officers  or  soldiers,  every  person  so  offending  shall,  for  his 
first  offense,  forfeit  one  sixth  of  a  dollar,  to  be  deducted  out  of  his 
next  pay  ;  for  the  second  offense,  he  shall  not  only  forfeit  a  like  sum, 
but  be  confined  twenty-four  hours ;  and  for  every  like  offense,  shall 
suffer  and  pay  in  like  manner ;  which  money,  so  forfeited,  shall  be  ap- 
plied, by  the  captain  or  senior  officer  of  the  troop  or  company,  to  the 
use  of  the  sick  soldiers  of  the  company  or  troop  to  which  the  offender 
belongs. 

Art.  3.  Any  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  use  any 
profane  oath  or  execration,  shall  incur  the  penalties  expressed  in  the 
foregoing  article;  and  a  commissioned  officer  shall  forfeit  and  pay, 
for  each  and  every  such  offense,  one  dollar,  to  be  applied  as  in  the 
preceding  article. 

Art.  4.  Every  chaplain  commissioned  in  the  army  or  armies  of  the 
United  States,  who  shall  absent  himself  from  the  duties  assigned  him 
(excepting  in  cases  of  sickness  or  leave  of  absence),  shall,  on  convic- 

•  These  rules  and  articles,  Avith  the  exceptions  indicated  by  tliQ  notes,  annexed 
to  articles  20,  65,  and  87,  remain  nnaUered,  and  in  force  at  present. 


2  Articles  of  War, 

tion  thereof  before  a  court-martial,  be  fined  not  exceeding  one 
month's  pay,  besides  the  loss  of  his  pay  during  his  absence ;  or  be  dis- 
charged, as  the  said  court-martial  shall  judge  proper. 

Art.  5.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  use  contemptuous  or  disre- 
spectful words  against  the  President  of  the  United  States,  against  the 
Vice-President  thereof,  against  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  or 
against  the  Chief  Magistrate  or  Legislature  of  any  of  the  United 
States,  in  which  he  may  be  quartered,  if  a  commissioned  officer,  shall 
be  cashiered,  or  otherwise  punished,  as  a  court-martial  shall  direct ; 
if  a  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  suiFer  such  punish- 
ment as  shall  be  inflicted  on  him  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  G.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  behave  himself  with  con- 
tempt or  disrespect  toward  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be  punished, 
according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense,  by  the  judgment  of  a  court- 
martial. 

Art.  7.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  begin,  excite,  cause,  or 
join  in,  any  mutiny  or  sedition,  in  any  troop  or  company  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States,  or  in  any  party,  post,  detachment,  or  guard, 
shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  by  a  court-martial 
shall  be  inflicted. 

Art.  8.  Any  officer,  non-commissioned  officer,  or  soldier,  w^ho,  be- 
ing present  at  any  mutiny  or  sedition,  does  not  use  his  utmost  en- 
deavor to  suppress  the  same,  or,  coming  to  the  knowledge  of  any  in- 
tended mutiny,  does  not,  without  delay,  give  information  thereof  to 
his  commanding  officer,  shall  be  punished  by  the  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial  with  death,  or  otherwise,  according  to  the  nature  of  his  of- 
fense. 

Art.  9.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  strike  his  superior  officer, 
or  draw  or  lift  up  any  weapon,  or  offer  any  violence  against  him, 
being  in  the  execution  of  his  office,  on  any  pretense  whatsoever,  or 
shall  disobey  any  lawful  command  of  his  superior  officer,  shall  suffer 
death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  shall,  according  to  the  nature  of 
his  offense,  be  inflicted  upon  him  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  10.  Eveiy  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier,  who  shall  en- 
list himself  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall,  at  the  time  of 
his  so  enlisting,  or  within  six  days  afterward,  have  the  Articles  for  the 
government  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States  read  to  him,  and 
shall,  by  the  officer  who  enlisted  him,  or  by  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  troop  or  company  into  which  he  was  enlisted,  be  taken  before 
the  next  justice  of  the  peace,  or  chief  magistrate  of  any  city  or  town 
corporate,  not  being  an  officer  of  the  army,  or  where  recourse  can  not 
be  had  to  the*  civil  magistrate,  before  the  judge  advocate,  and  in  his 


Articles  of  War.  3 

presence  shall  take  the  following  oath  or  affirmation:  "I,  A.  B.,  do 
solemnly  swear  or  affirm  (as  the  case  may  be),  that  I  will  bear  true 
allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America,  and  that  I  will  serve  them 
honestly  and  faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  or  opposers  whatso- 
ever ;  and  observe  and  obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  orders  oT  the  officers  appointed  over  me,  according  to 
the  Kules  and  Articles  for  the  government  of  the  armies  of  the  United 
States."  Which  justice,  magistrate,  or  judge  advocate  is  to  give  to 
the  officer  a  certificate,  signifying  that  the  man  enlisted  did  take  the 
said  oath  or  affirmation. 

Art.  11.  After  a  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  have 
been  duly  enlisted  and  sworn,  he  shall  not  be  dismissed  the  service 
without  a  discharge  in  writing;  and  no  discharge  granted  to  him 
shall  be  sufficient  which  is  not  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  the  regi- 
ment to  which  he  belongs,  or  commanding  officer,  where  no  field  offi- 
cer of  the  regiment  is  present;  and  no  discharge  shall  be  given  to  a 
non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  before  his  term  of  service  has  ex- 
pired, but  by  order  of  the  President,  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  com- 
manding officer  of  a  department,  or  the  sentence  of  a  general  court- 
martial  y  nor  shall  a  commissioned  officer  be  discharged  the  service 
but  by  order  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  or  by  sentence  of 
a  general  court-martial. 

Art.  12.  Every  colonel,  or  other  officer  commanding  a  regiment, 
troop,  or  company,  and  actually  quartered  with  it,  may  give  furloughs 
to  non-commissioned  officers  or  soldiers,  in  such  numbers,  and  for  so 
long  a  time,  as  he  shall  judge  to  be  most  consistent  with  the  good  of 
the  service ;  and  a  captain,  or  other  inferior  officer,  commanding  a 
troop  or  company,  or  in  any  garrison,  fort,  or  barrack  of  the  United 
States  (his  field  officer  being  absent),  may  give  furloughs  to  non-com- 
missioned officers  or  soldiers,  for  a  time  not  exceeding  twenty  days  in 
six  months,  but  not  to  more  than  two  persons  to  be  absent  at  the  same 
time,  excepting  some  extraordinary  occasion  should  require  it. 
*  Art.  13.  At  every  muster,  the  commanding  officer  of  each  regi- 
ment, troop,  or  company,  there  present,  shall  give  to  the  commissary 
of  musters,  or  other  officer  who  musters  the  said  regiment,  troop,  or 
company,  certificates  signed  by  himself,  signifying  how  long  such  offi- 
cers, as  shall  not  appear  at  the  said  muster,  have  been  absent,  and  the 
reason  of  their  absence.  In  like  manner,  the  commanding  officer  of 
every  troop  or  company  shall  give  certificates,  signifying  the  reasons 
of  the  absence  of  the  non-commissioned  officers  and  private  soldiers  ; 
which  reasons  and  time  of  absence  shall  be  inserted  in  the  muster- 
rolls,  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  absent  otlScers  and  soldiers. 


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The  certificates  shall,  together  -with  the  muster-rolls,  be  remitted  by 
the  commissary  of  musters,  or  other  officer  mustering,  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  War,  as  speedily  as  the  distance  of  the  place  Avill  admit. 

Art.  14.  Every  officer  who  shall  be  convicted  before  a  general 
court-martial  of  having  signed  a  false  certificate  relating  to  the  ab- 
sence of  either  officer  or  private  soldier,  or  relative  to  his  or  their 
pay,  shall  be  cashiered. 

Art.  15.  Every  officer  who  shall  knowingly  make  a  false  muster 
of  man  or  horse,  and  every  officer  or  commissary  of  musters  who 
shall  willingly  sign,  direct,  or  allow  the  signing  of  muster-rolls  where- 
in such  false  muster  is  contained,  shall,  upon  proof  made  thereof,  by 
two  witnesses,  before  a  general  court-martial,  be  cashiered,  and  shall 
be  thereby  utterly  disabled  to  have  or  hold  any  office  or  employment 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

Art.  16.  Any  commissary  of  musters,  or  other  officer,  who  shall  be 
convicted  of  having  taken  money,  or  other  thing,  by  way  of  gratifica- 
tion, on  mustering  any  regiment,  troop,  or  company,  or  on  signing 
muster-rolls,  shall  be  displaced  from  his  office,  and  shall  be  thereby 
utterly  disabled  to  have  or  hold  any  office  or  employment  in  the  serv- 
ice of  the  United  States. 

Art.  17.  Any  officer  who  shall  presume  to  muster  a  person  as  a 
soldier  who  is  not  a  soldier,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  having  made  a 
false  muster,  and  shall  suffer  accordingl3\ 

Art.  18.  Every  officer  who  shall  knowingly  make  a  false  return  to 
the  Department  of  War,  or  to  any  of  his  superior  officers,  authorized 
to  call  for  such  rertirns,  of  the  state  of  the  regiment,  troop,  or  com- 
pany, or  garrison,  imder  his  command ;  or  of  the  aiTns,  ammunition, 
clothing,  or  other  stores  thereunto  belonging,  shall,  ou  conviction 
thereof  before  a  court-martial,  be  cashiered. 

Ar^.  19.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  regiment,  troop,  or  in- 
dependent company,  or  garrison,  of  the  United  States,  shall,  in  the 
beginning  of  every  month,  renait,  through  the  proper  channels,  to  the 
Department  of  War,  an  exact  return  of  the  regiment,  troop,  inde- 
pendent company,  or  garrison,  under  his  command,  specifying  the 
names  of  the  officers  then  absent  from  their  posts,  with  the  reasons 
for  and  the  time  of  their  absence.  And  any  officer  who  shall  be  con- 
victed of  having,  through  neglect  or  design,  omitted  sending  such  re- 
turns, shall  be  punished,  according  to  the  nature  of  his  crime,  by  the 
judgment  of  a  general  court-martial. 

Art.  20.  All  officers  and  soldiers  who  have  received  pay,  or  have 
been  duly  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  shall  be 
convicted  of  having  deserted  the  same,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such 


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other  punishment  as,  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  shall  be  in- 
flicted.* 

Art.  21.  Any  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  who  shall,  with- 
out leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  absent  himself  from  his  troop, 
company,  or  detachment,  shall,  upon  being  cpnvicted  thereof,  be  pun., 
ished  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense,  at  the  discretion  of  a 
court-martial. 

Art.  22.  No  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  enlist  him- 
self in  any  other  regiment,  troop,  or  company,  without  a  regular  dis- 
charge from  the  regiment,  troop,  or  company  in  which  he  last  served, 
on  the  penalty  of  being  reputed  a  deserter,  and  suffering  accordingly. 
And  in  case  any  officer  shall  knowingly  receive  and  entertain  such 
non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier,  or  shall  not,  after  his  being  dis- 
covered to  be  a  deserter,  immediately  confine  him,  and  give  notice 
thereof  to  the  corps  in  which  he  last  served,  the  said  officer  shall,  by 
a  court-martial,  be  cashiered. 

Art.  23.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  be  convicted  of  having 
advised  or  persuaded  any  other  officer  or  soldier  to  desert  the  ^sendee 
o'f  the  United  States,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as 
shall  be  inflicted  upon  him  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  24.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  use  any  reproachful  or  provok- 
ing speeches  or  gestures  to  another,  upon  pain,  if  an  officer,  of  being 
put  in  arrest ;  if  a  soldier,  confined,  and  of  asking  pardon  of  the  par- 
ty offended,  in  the  presence  of  his  commanding  officer. 

Art.  25.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  send  a  challenge  to  another  of- 
ficer or  soldier,  to  fight  a  duel,  or  accept  a  challenge  if  sent,  upon 
pain,  if  a  commissioned  officer,  of  being  cashiered ;  if  a  non-commis- 
sioned officer  or  soldier,  of  suffering  corporeal  punishment,  at  th«  dis- 
cretion of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  26.  If  any  commissioned  or  non-commissioned  officer  com- 
manding a  guard  shall  knowingly  or  willingly  suffer  any  person  what- 
soever to  go  forth  to  fight  a  duel,  he  shall  be  punished  as  a  challenger ; 
and  all  seconds,  promoters,  and  carriers  of  challenges,  in  order  to 
duels,  shall  be  deemed  principals,  and  be  punished  accordingly.  And 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  officer  commanding  an  army,  regiment, 
company,  post,  or  detachment,  who  is  knowing  to  a  challenge  being 
given  or  accepted  by  any  officer,  non-commissioned  officer,  or  soldier, 
under  his  command,  or  has  reason  to  believe  the  same  to  be  the  case, 
immediately  to  arrest  and  bring  to  trial  such  offenders. 

Art.  27.  All  officers,  of  what  condition  soever,  have  power  to  part 
and  quell  all  quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  though  the  persons  con- 
*  Modified  by  act  of  29th  May,  1S30. 


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cemed  should  belong  to  another  regiment,  troop,  or  company ;  and 
either  to  order  officers  into  arrest,  or  non-commissioned  officers  or  sol- 
diers into  confinement,  until  their  proper  superior  officers  shall  be  ac-  • 
quainted  therewith;  and  whosoever  shall  refuse  to  obey  such  officer 
(though  of  an  inferior  rank),  or  shall  draw  his  sword  upon  him,  shall 
be  punished  at  the  discretion  of  a  general  court-martial. 

Art.  28.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  upbraid  another  for  re- 
fusing a  challenge,  shall  hiniself  be  punished  as  a  challenger ;  and  all 
officers  and  soldiers  are  hereby  discharged  from  any  disgrace  or  opin- 
ion of  disadvantage  which  might  arise  from  their  having  refused  to 
accept  of  challenges,  as  they  will  only  have  acted  in  obedience  to  the 
laws,  and  done  their  duty  as  good  soldiers  who  subject  themselves  to 
discipline. 

Art.  29.  Ko  sutler  shall  be  permitted  to  sell  any  kind  of  liquors  or 
victuals,  or  to  keep  their  houses  or  shops  open  for  the  entertainment 
of  soldiers,  after  nine  at  night,  or  before  the  beating  of  the  reveille, 
or  upon  Sundays,  during  divine  service  or  sermon,  on  the  penalty  of 
being  dismissed  from  all  future  sutling.  •" 

Art.  30.  All  officers  commanding  in  the  field,  forts,  barracks,  or 
garrisons  of  the  United  States,  are  hereby  required  to  see  that  the 
persons  permitted  to  suttle  shall  supply  the  soldiers  with  good  and 
wholesome  pro\dsions,  or  other  articles,  at  a  reasonable  price,  as  they 
shall  be  answerable  for  their  neglect. 

Art.  31.  No  officer  commanding  in  any  of  the  garrisons,  forts,  or 
barracks  of  the  United  States,  shall  exact  exorbitant  prices  for  houses 
or  stalls,  let  out  to  sutlers,  or  connive  at  the  like  exactions  in  others ; 
nor  by  his  own  authority,  and  for  his  private  advantage,  lay  any  duty 
or  imposition  upon,  or  be  interested  in,  the  sale  of  any  victuals,  liquors, 
or  other  necessaries  of  life  brought  into  the  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks, 
for  the  use  of  the  soldiers,  on  the  penalty  of  being  discharged  from 
the  service. 

Art.  32.  Eveiy  officer  commanding  in  quarters,  garrisons,  or  on 
the  march,  shall  keep  good  order,  and,  to  the  utmost  of  his  power,  re- 
dress all  abuses  or  disorders  which  may  be  committed  by  any  officer 
or  soldier  under  his  command ;  if,  upon  complaint  made  to  him  of  of- 
ficers or  soldiers  beating  or  otherwise  ill-treating  any  person,  or  dis- 
turbing fairs  or  markets,  or  of  committing  any  kind  of  riots,  to  the 
disquieting  of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  he,  the  said  com- 
mander, who  shall  refuse  or  omit  to  see  justice  done  to  the  offender 
or  offenders,  and  reparation  made  to  the  party  or  parties  injured,  as 
far  as  part  of  the  offender's  pay  shall  enable  him  or  them,  shall,  upon 
proof  thereof,  be  cashiered,  or  othenvise  punished,  as  a  general  court- 
martial  shall  direct. 


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Art.  33.  When  any  commissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  be  ac- 
cused of  a  capital  crime,  or  of  having  used  violence,  or  committed 
any  offense  against  the  person  or  property  of  any  citizen  of  any  of 
the  United  States,  such  as  is  punishable  by  the  known  laws  of  the 
land,  the  commanding  officer  and  officers  of  every  regiment,  troop,  or 
company,  to  which  the  person  or  persons  so  accused  shall  belong,  are 
hereby  required,  upon  application  duly  made  by,  or  in  behalf  of  the 
party  or  parties  injured,  to  use  their  utmost  endeavors  to  deliver  over 
such  accused  person  or  persons  to  the  civil  magistrate,  and  likewise 
to  be  aiding  and  assisting  to  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending 
and  securing  the  person  6r  persons  so  accused,  in  order  to  bring  him 
or  them  to  trial.  If  any  commanding  officer  or  officers  shall  willfully 
neglect,  or  shall  refuse,  upon  the  application  aforesaid,  to  deliver  over 
such  accused  person  or  persons  to  the  civil  magistrates,  or  to  be  aid- 
ing and  assisting  to  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  such  per- 
son or  persons,  the  officer  or  officers  so  offi^nding  shall  be  cashiered. 

Art.  34.  If  any  officer  shall  think  himself  wronged  by  his  Colonel, 
or  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment,  and  shall,  upon  due  ap- 
plication being  made  to  him,  be  refused  redress,  he  may  complain 
to  the  General  commanding  in  the  State  or  Territory  where  such 
regiment  shall  be  stationed,  in  order  to  obtain  justice ;  who  is  hereby 
required  to  examine  into  said  complaint,  and  take  proper  measures 
for  redressing  the  wrong  complained  of,  and  transmit,  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible, to  the  Department  of  War,  a  true  state  of  such  complaint,  with 
the  proceedings  had  thereon. 

Art.  35.  If  any  inferior  officer  or  soldier  shall  think  himself 
wronged  by  his  Captain  or  other  officer,  he  is  to  complain  thereof  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment,  who  is  hereby  required  to 
summon  a  regimental  court-martial,  for  the  doing  justice  to  the  com- 
plainant ;  from  which  regimental  court-martial  either  party  may,  if 
he  thinks  himself  still  aggrieved,  appeal  to  a  general  court-martial. 
But  if,  upon  a  second  hearing,  the  ajDpeal  shall  appear  vexatious  and 
groundless,  the  person  so  appealing  shall  be  punished  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  said  court-martial. 

Art.  3G.  Any  commissioned  officer,  store-keeper,  or  commissary, 
who  shall  be  convicted  at  a  general  court-martial  of  having  sold,  with- 
out a  proper  order  for  that  purpose,  embezzled,  misapplied,  or  will- 
fully, or  through  neglect,  suffered  any  of  the  provisions,  forage,  arms, 
clothing,  ammunition,  or  other  military  stores  belonging  to  the 
United  States  to  be  spoiled  or  damaged,  shall,  at  his  own  expense, 
make  good  the  loss  or  damage,  and  shall,  moreover,  forfeit  all  his 
pay,  and  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 


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Art.  87.  Any  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  be 
convicted  at  a  regimental  court-martial  of  having  sold,  or  designed- 
ly or  through  neglect,  wasted  the  ammunition  delivered  out  to  him, 
to  be  employed  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  punished 
at  the  discretion  of  such  court. 

Art.  38.  Every  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  be 
convicted  before  a  court-martial  of  having  sold,  lost,  or  spoiled, 
through  neglect,  his  horse,  arms,  clothes,  or  accoutrements,  shall  un- 
dergo such  weekly  stoppages  (not  exceeding  the  half  of  his  pay)  as 
such  court-martial  shall  judge  sufficient,  for  repairing  the  loss  or 
damage ;  and  shall  suffer  confinement,  or  such  other  corporeal  pun- 
ishment as  his  crime  shall  deserve. 

Art.  39.  Every  officer  who  shall  be  convicted  before  a  court-mar- 
tial of  having'  embezzled  or  misapplied  any  money  with  which  he 
may  have  been  intrusted,  for  the  payment  of  the  men  under  his  com- 
mand, or  for  enlisting  men  into  the  service,  or  for  other  purposes,  if  a 
commissioned  officer,  shall  be  cashiered,  and  compelled  to  refund  the 
money  ;  if  a  non-commissioned  officer,  shall  be  reduced  to  the  ranks, 
be  put  under  stoppages  until  the  money  be  made  good,  and  suffer  such 
corporeal  punishment  as  such  court-martial  shall  direct. 

Art.  40.  Every  captain  of  a  troop  or  company  is  charged  with  the 
arms,  accoutrements,  ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  warlike  stores 
belonging  to  the  troop  or  company  under  his  command,  which  he  is  to 
be  accountable  for  to  his  Colonel  in  case  of  their  being  lost,  spoiled, 
or  damaged,  not  by  unavoidable  accidents,  or  on  actual  sen-ice. 

Art.  41.  All  non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers  who  shall  be 
found  one  mile  from  the  camp  without  leave,  in  WTiting,  from  their 
commanding  officer,  shall  suffer  such  punishment  as  shall  be  inflicted 
upon  them  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  42.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  lie  out  of  his  quarters,  garrison, 
or  camp  without  leave  from  his  superior  officer,  upon  penalty  of  being 
punished  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense,  by  the  sentence  of  a 
court-martial.  ^ 

Art.  43.  Every  non-commissioned  officer  and  soldier  shall  retire  to 
his  quarters  or  tent  at  the  beating  of  the  retreat ;  in  default  of  which 
he  shall  be  punished  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense. 

Art.  44.  No  officer,  non-commissioned  officer,  or  soldier  shall  fail 
in  repairing,  at  the  time  fixed,  to  the  place  of  parade,  of  exercise,  or 
other  rendezvous  appointed  by  his  commanding  officer,  if  not  prevent- 
ed by  sickness  or  some  other  evident  necessity,  or  shall  go  from  the 
said  place  of  rendezvous  without  leave  from  his  commanding  officer, 
before  he  shall  be  regularly  dismissed  or  relieved,  on  the  penalty  of 


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being  punished,  according  to  the  nature  of  his  oft'ense,  by  the  sentence 
of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  45'.  Any  commissioned  officer  who  shall  be  found  drunk  on 
his  guard,  party,  or  other  duty,  shall  be  cashiered.  Any  non-commis- 
sioned officer  or  soldier  so  offending  shall  saifer  such  corporeal  pun-- 
ishment  as  shall  be  inflicted  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  46.  Any  sentinel  who  shall  be  found  sleeping  upon  his  post, 
or  shall  leave  it  before  he  shall  be  regularly  relieved,  shall  suffer 
death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  shall  be  inflicted  by  the  sentence 
of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  47.  No  soldier  belonging  to  any  regiment,  troop,  or  company 
shall  hire  another  to  do  his  duty  for  him,  or  be  excused  from  duty 
but  in  cases  of  sickness,  disability,  or  leave  of  absence ;  and  every 
such  soldier  found  guilty  of  hiring  his  duty,  as  also  the  party  so 
hired  to  do  another's  duty,  shall  be  punished  at  the  discretion  of  a 
regimental  court-martial. 

Art.  48.  And  every  non-commissioned  officer  conniving  at  such 
hiring  of  duty  aforesaid,  shall  be  reduced  ;  and  every  commissioned 
officer  knowing  and  allowing  such  ill  practices  in  the  service,  shall  be 
punished  by  the  judgment  of  a  general  court-martial. 

Art.  49.  Any  officer  belonging  to  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
who,  by  discharging  of  firearms,  drawing  of  swords,  beating  of  drums, 
or  by  any  other  means  whatsoever,  shall  occasion  false  alarms  in 
camp,  garrison,  or  quarters,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punish- 
ment as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

Art.  50.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall,  without  urgent  necessity, 
or  without  the  leave  of  his  superior  officer,  quit  his  guard,  platoon,  or 
division,  shall  be  punished,  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense,  by 
the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  51.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  do  violence  to  any  person  who 
brings  provisions  or  other  necessaries  to  the  camp,  garrison,  or  quar- 
ters of  the  forces  of  the  United  States,  employed  in  any  parts  out  of 
the  said  States,  upon  pain  of  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a 
court-martial  shall  direct. 

Art.  52.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  misbehave  himself  before 
the  enemy,  run  away,  or  shamefully  abandon  any  fort,  post,  or  guard 
which  he  or  they  may  be  commanded  to  defend,  or  speak  words  in- 
ducing others  to  do  the  like,  or  shall  cast  away  his  arms  and  ammuni- 
tion, or  who  shall  quit  his  post  or  colors  to  plunder  and  pillage,  every 
such  offendeT,  being  duly  convicted  thereof,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such 
other  punishment  as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  sentence  of  a  general 
court-martial. 


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Art.  53.  Any  person  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States 
who  shall  make  known  the  watchword  to  any  person  who  is  not  enti- 
tled to  receive  it  according  to  the  rules  and  discipline  of  war,  or  shall 
presume  to  give  a  parole  or  watchword  different  from  what  he  re- 
ceived, shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  shall  be  order- 
ed by  the  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

Art.  54.  All  oihcers  and  soldiers  are  to  behave  themselves  orderly 
in  quarters  and  on  their  march ;  and  whoever  shall  commit  any  waste 
or  spoil,  either  in  walks  of  trees,  parks,  warrens,  fish-ponds,  houses,  or 
gardens,  corn-fields,  inclosures  of  meadows,  or  shall  maliciously  de- 
stroy any  property  whatsoever  belonging  to  the  inhabitants  of  the 
United  States,  unless  by  order  of  the  then  commander-in-chief  of  the 
armies  of  the  said  States,  shall  (besides  such  penalties  as  they  are 
liable  to  by  law),  be  punished  according  to  the  nature  and  degree  of 
the  offense,  by  the  judgment  of  a  regimental  or  general  court-martial. 

Art.  55.  Whosoever,  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States 
in  foreign  parts,  shall  force  a  safeguard,  shall  suffer  death. 

Art.  56.  Whosoever  shall  relieve  the  enemy  with  money,  victuals, 
or  ammunition,  or  shall  knowingly  harbor  or  protect  an  enemy,  shall 
suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  sen- 
tence of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  57.  Whosoever  shall  be  convicted  of  holding  correspondence 
with,  or  giving  intelligence  to,  the  enemy,  either  directly  or  indirect- 
ly, shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  shall  be  ordered  by 
the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  58.  All  public  stores  taken  in  the  enemy's  camp,  towns,  forts, 
or  magazines,  whether  of  artillery,  ammunition,  clothing,  forage  or 
provisions,  shall  be  secured  for  ihe  service  of  the  United  States ;  for 
the  neglect  of  which  the  commanding  officer  is  to  be  answerable. 

Art.  59.  If  any  commander  of  any  garrison,  fortress,  or  post  shall 
be  compelled,  by  the  officers  and  soldiers  under  his  command,  to  give 
up  to  the  enemy,  or  to  abandon  it,  the  commissioned  officers,  non- 
commissioned officers,  or  soldiers  who  shall  be  convicted  of  having  so 
offttnded,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  shall  be  in- 
flicted upon  them  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  60.  All  sutlers  and  retainers  to  the  camp,  and  all  persons 
whatsoever,  serving  with  the  armies  of  the  United  States  in  the  field, 
though  not  enlisted  soldiers,  are  to  be  subject  to  orders,  according  to 
the  rules  and  discipline  of  war. 

Art.  61.  Officers  having  brevets  or  commissions  of  a  prior  date  to 
those  of  the  regiment  in  which  they  serve,  may  take  place  in  courts- 
martial  and  on  detachments,  when  composed  of  different  corps,  ac- 


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cording  to  the  ranks  given  them  in  their  brevets  or  dates  of  their  for- 
mer commissions ;  but  in  the  regiment,  troop,  or  company  to  which 
such  officers  belong,  they  shall  do  duty  and  take  rank  both  in  courts- 
martial  and  on  detachments  which  shall  be  composed  of  their  own 
corps,  according  to  the  commissions  by  which  they  are  mustered  in 
the  said  corps. 

Art.  G2.  If,  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  different  corps  of 
the  army  shall  happen  to  join,  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer  highest 
in  rank  of  the  line  of  the  army,  marine  corps,  or  militia,  by  commis- 
sion, there  on  duty  or  in  quarters,  shall  command  the  whole,  and  give 
orders  for  what  is  needful  to  the  service,  unless  otherwise  specially 
directed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  according  to  the  na- 
ture of  the  case. 

Art.  63.  The  functions  of  the  engineers  being  generally  confined 
to  the  most  elevated  branch  of  military  science,  they  are  not  to  as- 
sume, nor  are  they  subject  to  be  ordered  on  any  duty  beyond  the  line 
of  their  immediate  profession,  except  by  the  special  order  of  the  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States  ;  but  they  are  to  receive  every  mark  of  re- 
spect to  which  their  rank  in  the  army  may  entitle  them  respectively, 
and  are  liable  to  be  transferred,  at  the  discretion  of  the  President, 
from  one  corps  to  another,  regard  being  paid  to  rank. 

Art.  64.  General  courts-martial  may  consist  of  any  number  of 
commissioned  officers,  from  five  to  thirteen,  inclusively ;  but  they 
shall  not  consist  of  less  than  thirteen  where  that  number  can  be  con- 
vened without  manifest  injury  to  the  service. 

Art.  65.*  Any  general  officer  commanding  an  army,  or  Colonel 
commanding  a  separate  department,  may  appoint  general  courts-mar- 
tial whenever  necessary.  But  no  sentence  of  a  court-martial  shall  be 
carried  into  execution  until  after  the  whole  proceedings  shall  have 
been  laid  before  the  officer  ordering  the  same,  or  the  officer  com- 
manding the  troops  for  the  time  being  ;  neither  shall  any  sentence  of 
a  general  court-martial,  in  the  time  of  peace,  extending  to  the  loss  of 
life,  or  the  dismission  of  a  commissioned  officer,  or  which  shall,  either 
in  time  of  peace  or  war,  respect  a  general  officer,  be  carried  into  exe- 
cution, until  after  the  whole  proceedings  shall  have  been  transmitted 
to  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  be  laid  before  the  President  of  the  United 
States  for  his  confirmation  or  disapproval,  and  orders  in  the  case. 
All  other  sentences  may  be  confirmed  and  executed  by  the  officer  or- 
dering the  court  to  assemble,  or  the  commanding  officer  for  the  time 
being,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Art.  QQ.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  corps  may  ap- 
•  Modified  by  act  of  29th  May,  1830. 


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point,  for  his  own  regiment  or  corps,  courts-martial,  to  consist  of  three 
commissioned  officers,  for  the  trial  and  punishment  of  offenses  not 
capital,  and  decide  upon  their  sentences.  For  the  same  purpose,  all 
officers  commanding  any  of  the  garrisons,  forts,  baiTacks,  or  other 
places  where  the  troops  consist  of  different  corps,  may  assemble 
courts-martial,  to  consist  of  three  conmaissioned  officers,  and  decide 
upon  their  sentences. 

Art.  G7.  No  gaiTison  or  regimental  court-martial  shall  have  the 
power  to  try  capital  cases  or  commissioned  officers ;  neither  shall 
they  inflict  a  fine  exceeding  one  month's  pay,  nor  imprison,  nor  put 
to  hard  labor,  any  non  commissioned  officer  or  soldier  for  a  longer 
time  than  one  month. 

Art.  G8.  Whenever  it  may  be  found  convenient  and  necessary  to 
the  public  service,  the  officers  of  the  marines  shall  be  associated  with 
the  officers  of  the  land  forces,  for  the  purpose  of  holding  courts-mar- 
tial, and  trying  offenders  belonging  to  either ;  and,  in  such  cases,  the 
orders  of  the  senior  officer  of  either  corps  who  may  be  present  and 
duly  authorized,  shall  be  received  and  obeyed. 

Art.  69.  The  judge  advocate,  or  some  person  deputed  by  him,  or 
by  the  general,  or  officer  commanding  the  army,  detachment,  or  gar- 
rison, shall  prosecute  in  the  name  of  the  United  States,  but  shall  so 
far  consider  himself  as  counsel  for  the  prisoner,  after  the  said  prison- 
er shall  have  made  his  plea,  as  to  object  to  any  leading  question  to 
any  of  the  witnesses,  or  any  question  to  the  prisoner,  the  answer  to 
which  might  tend  to  criminate  himself ;  and  administer  to  each  mem- 
ber of  the  court,  before  they  proceed  upon  any  trial,  the  following 
oath,  which  shall  also  be  taken  by  all  members  of  the  regimental  and 
garrison  courts-martial : 

"You,  A.  B.,  do  swear  that  you  will  well  and  truly  try  and  determ- 
ine, according  to  evidence,  the  matter  now  before  you,  between  the 
United  States  of  America  and  the  prisoner  to  be  tried,  and  that  you 
will  duly  administer  justice,  according  to  the  provisions  of  '  An  act 
establishing  Rules  and  Articles  for  the  government  of  the  armies  of 
the  United  States,'  without  partiality,  favor,  or  affection;  and  if  any 
doubt  should  arise,  not  explained  by  said  Articles,  according  to  your 
conscience,  the  best  of  your  understanding,  and  the  custom  of  war  in 
like  cases  ;  and  you  do  further  swear  that  you  will  not  divulge  the 
sentence  of  the  court  until  it  shall  be  published  by  the  proper  author- 
ity ;  neither  will  you  disclose  or  discover  the  vote  or  opinion  of  any 
particular  member  of  the  court-martial,  unless  required  to  give  evi- 
dence thereof,  as  a  witness,  by  a  court  of  justice,  in  a  due  course  of 
law.     So  help  you  God." 


Articles  of  War,  ^  13 

And  as  soon  as  the  said  oath  shall  have  been  administered  to  the 
respective  members,  the  president  of  the  court  shall  administer  to  the 
judge  advocate,  or  person  officiating  as  such,  an  oath  in  the  follow- 
ing words : 

**  You,  A.  B.,  do  swear,  that  you  will  not  disclose  or  discover  the 
TOte  or  opinion  of  any  particular  member  of  the  court-martial,  unless 
required  to  give  evidence  thereof,  as  a  witness,  by  a  court  of  justice, 
in  due  course  of  law ;  nor  divulge  the  sentence  of  the  court  to  any  but 
the  proper  authority,  until  it  shall  be  duly  disclosed  by  the  same.  So* 
help  you  God." 

Art.  70.  When  a  prisoner,  arraigned  before  a  general  court-mar- 
tial, shall,  from  obstinacy  and  deliberate  design,  stand  mute,  or  an- 
swer foreign  to  the  purpose,  the  court  may  proceed  to  trial  and  judg- 
ment as  if  the  prisoner  had  regularly  pleaded  not  guilty. 

Art.  71.  When  a  member  shall  be  challenged  by  a  prisoner,  he 
must  state  his  cause  of  challenge,  of  which  the  court  shall,  after  due 
deliberation,  determine  the  relevancy  or  validity,  and  decide  accord- 
ingly ;  and  no  challenge  to  more  than  one  member  at  a  time  shall  be 
received  by  the  court. 

Art.  72.  All  the  members  of  a  court-martial  are  to  behave  with  de- 
cency and  calmness ;  and  in  giving  their  votes  are  to  begin  with  the 
youngest  in  commission. 

Art.  73.  All  persons  who  give  evidence  before  a  court-martial  are 
to  be  examined  on  oath  or  affirmation,  in  the  following  form : 

"  You  swear,  or  affirm  (as  the  case  may  be),  the  evidence  you  shall 
give  in  the  cause  now  in  hearing  shall  be  the  truth,  the  whole  truth, 
and  nothing  but  the  truth.     So  help  yotf  God." 

Art.  74.  On  the  trials  of  cases  not  capital,  before  courts-martial, 
the  deposition  of  witnesses,  not  in  the  line  or  staff  of  the  army,  may 
be  taken  before  some  justice  of  the  peace,  and  read  in  evidence ;  pro- 
vided the  prosecutor  and  person  accused  are  present  at  the  taking  the 
same,  or  are  duly  notified  thereof. 

Art.  75.  No  officer  shall  be  tried  but  by  a  general  court-martial, 
nor  by  officers  of  an  inferior  rank,  if  it  can  be  avoided.  Nor  shall 
any  proceedings  of  trials  be  carried  on,  excepting  between  the  hours 
of  eio'ht  in  the  morning  and  three  in  the  afternoon,  excepting  in  cases 
which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  appointing  the  court-martial,  re- 
quire immediate  example. 

Art.  7G.  No  person  whatsoever  shall  use  any  menacing  words,  signs, 
or  gestures,  in  presence  of  a  court-martial,  or  shall  cause  any  disorder 
or  riot,  or  disturb  their  proceedings,  on  the  penalty  of  being  punished 
at  the  discretion  of  the  said  court-martial. 


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Art.  77.  Whenever  any  oiaicer  shall  be  charged  with  a  crime,  he 
shall  be  arrested  and  confined  in  his  barracks,  quarters,  or  tent,  and 
deprived  of  his  sword  by  the  commanding  officer.  And  any  officer 
who  shall  leave  his  confinement  before  he  shall  be  set  at  liberty  by 
his  commanding  officer,  or  by  a  superior  officer,  shall  be  cashiered. 

Art.  78.  Non-commissioned  officers  and  soldiers,  charged  with 
crimes,  shall  be  confined  until  tried  by  a  court-martial,  or  released  by 
proper  authority. 

Art.  79.  No  officer  or  soldier  who  shall  be  put  in  arrest  shall  con- 
tinue in  confinement  more  than  eight  days,  or  until  such  time  as  a 
court-martial  can  be  assembled. 

Art.  80.  No  officer  commanding  a  guard,  or  provost  marshal,  shall 
refuse  to  receive  or  keep  any  prisoner  committed  to  his  charge  by  an 
officer  belonging  to  the  forces  of  the  United  States;  provided  the 
officer  committing  shall,  at  the  same  time,  deliver  an  account  in  writ- 
ing, signed  by  himself,  of  the  crime  with  which  the  said  prisoner  is 
charged. 

Art.  81.  No  officer  commanding  a  guard,  or  provost  marshal,  shall 
presume  to  release  any  person  committed  to  his  charge  without  proper 
authority  for  so  doing,  nor  shall  he  suffer  any  person  to  escape,  on  the 
penalty  of  being  punished  for  it  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  82.  Every  officer  or  provost  marshal,  to  whose  charge  prison- 
ers shall  be  committed,  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such 
commitment,  or  as  soon  as  he  shall  be  relieved  from  his  guard,  make 
report  in  writing,  to  the  commanding  officer,  of  their  names,  their 
crimes,  and  the  names  of  the  officers  who  committed  them,  on  the 
penalty  of  being  punished  fof  disobedience  or  neglect,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  a  court-martial. 

Art.  83.  Any  commissioned  officer  convicted  before  a  general 
court-martial  of  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentleman, 
shall  be  dismissed  the  service. 

Art.  84.  In  cases  where  a  court-martial  may  think  it  proper  to 
sentence  a  commissioned  officer  to  be  suspended  from  command,  they 
shall  have  power  also  to  suspend  his  pay  and  emoluments  for  the 
same  time,  according  to  the  nature  and  heinousness  of  the  offense. 

Art.  85.  In  all  cases  where  a  commissioned  officer  is  cashiered  for 
cowardice  or  fraud,  it  shall  be  added  in  the  sentence,  that  the  crime, 
name,  and  place  of  abode,  and  punishment  of  the  delinquent,  be  pub- 
lished in  the  newspapers  in  and  about  the  camp,  and  of  the  particu- 
lar State  from  which  the  offender  came,  or  where  he  usually  resides ; 
after  which  it  shall  be  deemed  scandalous  for  an  officer  to  associate 
with  him. 


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Art.  86.  The  commanding  officer  of  any  post  or  detachment,  in 
which  there  shall  not  be  a  number  of  officers  adequate  to  form  a  gen- 
eral court-martial,  shall,  in  cases  which  require  the  cognizance  of 
such  a  court,  report  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  department,  who 
shall  order  a  court  to  be  assembled  at  the  nearest  post  or  department, 
and  the  party  accused,  with  necessary  witnesses,  to  be  transported  to 
the  place  where  the  said  court  shall  be  assembled. 

Art.  87.*  No  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  suffer  death  but  by  the 
concurrence  of  two  thirds  of  the  members  of  a  general  court-martial, 
nor  except  in  the  cases  herein  expressly  mentioned ;  nor  shall  more 
than  Jifty  lashes  be  inflicted  on  any  offender^  at  the  discretion  of  a  court- 
martial;  and  no  officer,  non-commissioned  officer,  soldier,  or  follower 
of  the  army,  shall  be  tried  a  second  time  for  the  same  offense. 

Art.  88.  No  person  shall  be  liable  to  be  tried  and  punished  by  a 
general  court-martial  for  any  offense  which  shall  appear  to  have  been 
committed  more  than  two  years  before  the  issuing  of  the  order  for 
such  trial,  unless  the  person,  by  reason  of  having  absented  himself,  or 
some  other  manifest  impediment,  shall  not  have  been  amenable  to 
justice  within  that  period. 

Art.  89.  Every  officer  authorized  to  order  a  general  court-martial 
shall  have  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any  punishment  ordered  by 
such  court,  except  the  sentence  of  death,  or  of  cashiering  an  officer ; 
which,  in  the  cases  where  he  has  authority  (by  Article  65)  to  carry 
them  into  execution,  he  may  suspend,  until  the  pleasure  of  the  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States  can  be  known ;  which  suspension,  together 
with  copies  of  the  proceedings  of  the  court-martial,  the  said  officer 
shall  immediately  transmit  to  the  President  for  his  determination. 
And  the  colonel  or  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  garrison 
where  any  regimental  or  garrison  court-martial  shall  be  held,  may 
pardon  or  mitigate  any  punishment  ordered  by  such  court  to  be  in- 
flicted. 

Art.  90.  Every  judge  advocate,  or  person  officiating  as  such,  at 
any  general  court-martial,  shall  transmit,  with  as  much  expedition 
as  the  opportunity  of  time  and  distance  of  place  can  admit,  the  orig- 
inal proceedings  and  sentence  of  such  court-martial  to  the  Secretary 
of  War ;  which  said  original  proceedings  and  sentence  shall  be  care- 
fully kept  and  preserved  in  the  office  of  said  Secretary,  to  the  end 

♦  So  much  of  these  rules  and  articles  as  authorizes  the  infliction  of  corporeal 
punishment  by  stripes  or  lashes,  was  specially  repealed  by  act  of  IGth  May,  1812. 
By  act  of  2d  March,  1833,  the  repealing  act  was  repealed,  so  far  as  it  applied  to  the 
crime  of  desertion,  which,  of  course,  revived  the  punishment  by  la&hes  for  that 


16  Articles  of  War. 

that  the  persons  entitled  thereto  may  be  enabled,  upon  application  to 
the  said  othce,  to  obtain  copies  thereof. 

The  party  tried  by  any  general  court-martial  shall,  upon  demand 
thereof,  made  by  himself,  or  by  any  person  or  persons  in  his  behalf, 
be  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  sentence  and  proceedings  of  such  court- 
martial. 

Art.  91.  In  cases  where  the  general,- or  commanding  officer  may 
order  a  court  of  inquiry  to  examine  into  the  nature  of  any  transac- 
tion, accusation,  or  imputation  against  any  officer  or  soldier,  the  said 
court  shall  consist  of  one  or  more  officers,  not  exceeding  three,  and  a 
judge  advocate,  or  other  suitable  person,  as  a  recorder,  to  reduce  the 
proceedings  and  evidence  to  writing ;  all  of  whom  shall  be  sworn  to 
the  faithful  performance  of  their  duty.  This  court  shall  have  the 
same  power  to  summon  witnesses  as  a  court-martial,  and  to  examine 
them  on  oath.  But  they  shall  not  give  their  opinion  on  the  merits 
of  the  case,  excepting  they  shall  be  thereto  specially  required.  The 
parties  accused  shall  also  be  permitted  to  cross-examine  and  interro- 
gate the  witnesses,  so  as  to  investigate  fully  the  circumstances  in  the 
question. 

Art.  92.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  must  be  authenti- 
cated by  the  signature  of  the  recorder  and  the  president,  and  deliv- 
ered to  the  commanding  officer,  and  the  said  proceedings  may  be  ad- 
mitted as  evidence  by  a  court-martial,  in  cases  not  capital,  or  extend- 
ing to  the  dismission  of  an  officer,  provided  that  the  circumstances 
are  such  that  oral  testimony  can  not  be  obtained.  But  as  courts  of 
inquiry  may  be  perverted  to  dishonorable  purposes,  and  may  be  con- 
sidered as  engines  of  destruction  to  military  merit,  in  the  hands  of 
weak  and  envious  commandants,  they  are  hereby  prohibited,  unless 
directed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  or  demanded  by  the 
accused. 

Art.  93.  The  judge  advocate  or  recorder  shall  administer  to  the 
members  the  following  oath  : 

*'  You  shall  well  and  truly  examine  and  inquire,  according  to  your 
evidence,  into  the  matter  now  before  you,  without  partiality,  favor, 
affection,  prejudice,  or  hope  of  reward.     So  help  you  God." 

After  which  the  president  shall  administer  to  the  judge  advocate 
or  recorder  the  following  oath  : 

"  You,  A.  B.,  do  swear  that  you  will,  according  to  your  best  abilities, 
accurately  and  impartially  record  the  proceedings  of  the  court,  and 
the  evidence  to  be  given  in  the  case  in  hearing.     So  help  you  God." 

The  witnesses  shall  take  the  same  oath  as  witnesses  sworn  before  a 
court-martial. 


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Art.  94.  When  any  commissioned  officer  shall  die  or  be  killed  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  the  major  of  the  regiment,  or  the 
officer  doing  the  major's  duty  in  his  absence,  or  in  any  post  or  garri- 
son, the  second  officer  in  command,  or  the  assistant  military  agent, 
shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects  or  equipage,  then  in  camp  or 
quarters,  and  shall  make  an  inventory  thereof,  and  forthAvith  trans- 
mit the  same  to  the  office  of  the  Department  of  War,  to  the  end  that 
his  executors  or  administrators  may  receive  the  same. 

Art.  95.  When  any  non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  die, 
or  be  killed  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the  then  command- 
ing officer  of  the  troop  or  company  shall,  in  the  presence  of  two 
other  commissioned  officers,  take  an  account  of  what  effects  he  died 
possessed  of,  above  his  arms  and  accoutrements,  and  transmit  the 
same  to  the  office  of  the  Department  of  War,  which  said  effects  are 
to  be  accounted  for,  and  paid  to  the  representatives  of  such  deceased 
non-commissioned  officer  or  soldier.  And  in  case  any  of  the  officers, 
60  authorized  to  take  care  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers  and  sol- 
diers, should,  before  they  have  accounted  to  their  representatives  for 
the  same,  have  occasion  to  leave  the  regiment  or  post,  by  preferment 
or  otherwise,  they  shall,  before  they  be  permitted  to  quit  the  same, 
deposit  in  the  hands  of  the  commanding  officer,  or  of  the  assistant 
military  agent,  all  the  effects  of  such  deceased  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers and  soldiers,  in  order  that  the  same  may  be  secured  for,  and  paid 
to,  their  respective  representatives. 

Art.  96.  All  officers,  conductors,  gunners,  matrosses,  drivers,  or 
other  persons  whatsoever,  receiving  pay  or  hire  in  the  service  of  the 
artillery,  or  corps  of  engineers  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  governed 
by  the  aforesaid  Rules  and  Article^  and  shall  be  subject  to  be  tried 
by  courts-martial,  in  like  manner  with  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  the 
other  troops  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

Art.  97.  The  officers  and  soldiers  of  any  troops,  whether  militia  or 
others,  being  mustered  and  in  pay  of  the  United  States,  shall,  at  all 
times  and  in  all  places,  when  joined,  or  acting  in  conjunction  with  the 
regular  forces  of  the  United  States,  be  governed  by  these  rules  and 
articles  of  war,  and  shall  be  subject  to  be  tried  by  courts-martial,  in 
like  manner  with  the  officers  and  soldiers  in  the  regular  forces ;  save 
only  that  such  courts-martial  shall  be  composed  entirely  of  militia 
officers. 

Art.  98.  All  officers  serving  by  commission  from  the  authority  of 
any  particular  state,  shall,  on  all  detachments,  courts-martial,  or  other 
duty,  wherein  they  may  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the  regular 
forces  of  the  United  States,  take  rank  next  after  all  officers  of  the  like 


18  Articles  of  War. 

gi-ade  in  said  regular  forces,  notwithstanding  the  commissions  of  such 
militia  or  state  officers  may  be  elder  than  the  commissions  of  the  of- 
ficers of  the  regular  forces  of  the  United  States. 

Art.  99.  All  crimes  not  capital,  and  all  disorders  and  neglects 
which,  officers  and  soldiers  may  be  guilty  of,  to  the  prejudice  of  good 
order  and  military  discipline,  though  not  mentioned  in  the  foregoin"- 
articles  of  war,  are  to  be  taken  cognizance  of  by  a  general  or  regi- 
mental court-martial,  according  to  the  nature  and  degree  of  the  of- 
fense, and  be  punished  at  their  discretion. 

Art.  100.  The  President  of  the  United  States  shall  have  power  to 
prescribe  the  uniform  of  the  army. 

Art.  101.  The  foregoing  articles  are  to  be  read  and  published,  once 
in  every  six  months,  to  every  garrison,  regiment,  troop,  or  company, 
mustered,  or  to  be  mustered,  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and 
are  to  be  duly  observed  and  obeyed  by  all  officers  and  soldiers  who 
are,  or  shall  be,  in  said  service. 

Sec.  2.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  in  time  of  war,  all  persons 
not  citizens  of,  or  owing  allegiance  to,  the  United  States  of  America, 
who  shall  be  found  lurking  as  spies  in  or  about  the  fortifications  or 
encampments  of  the  armies  of  the  United.  States,  or  any  of  them,  shall 
sufibr  death,  according  to  the  law  and  usage  of  nations,  by  sentence 
of  a  general  court-martial. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted^  That  the  rules  and  regulations  by 
which  the  armies  of  the  United  States  have  heretofore  been  governed, 
and  the  resolves  of  Congress  thereunto  annexed,  and  respecting  the 
same,  shall  henceforth  be  void  and  of  no  eff'ect,  except  so  far  as  may 
relate  to  any  transactions  under  them  prior  to  the  promulgation  of 
this  act,  at  the  several  posts  an(i  gamsons  respectively,  occupied  by 
any  part  of  the  army  of  the  United  States.  [Approved,  April  10, 
180G.] 


EXTRACTS  FROM  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS. 


1 . ...  If  any  non-commissioned  officer,  musician,  or  private  shall 
desert  the  service  of  the  United  States,  he  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
penalties  mentioned  in  the  Rules  and  Articles  of  War,  be  liable  to 
serve  for  and  during  such  a  period  as  shall,  with  the  time  he  may- 
have  served  previous  to  his  desertion,  amount  to  the  full  term  of  his 
enlistment ;  and  such  soldier  shall  and  may  be  tried  by  a  court-mar- 
tial, and  punished,  although  the  term  of  his  enlistment  may  have 
elapsed  previous  to  his  being  apprehended  or  tried. — Act  16th  March, 
1802,  Sec.  18. 

2. . .  .No  officer  or  soldier  in  the  aiTny  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
subject  to  the  punishment  of  death  for  desertion  in  time  of  peace. — 
Act  2dth  Mai/,  18S0. 

3.  . .  .So  much  of  the  "Act  for  establishing  rules  and  articles  for 
the  government  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States,"  as  authorizes 
the  infliction  of  corporeal  punishment  by  stripes  or  lashes,  shall  be, 
and  the  same  is  hereby  reiDcaled. — Act  16th  May,  1812,  Sec.  7. 

4. . .  .The  seventh  section  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act  making  fur- 
ther provision  for  the  army  of  the  United  States,*'  passed  on  the  six- 
teenth of  May,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twelve,  shall  be,  and 
the  same  is  hereby  repealed,  so  far  as  it  applies  to  any  enlisted  sol- 
dier who  shall  be  convicted  by  a  general  court-martial  of  the  crime 
of  desertion.— ^c«  2d  March,  1833,  Sec.  7. 

5.  . .  .Whenever  a  general  officer  commanding  an  army,  or  a  colo- 
nel commanding  a  separate  department,  shall  be  the  accuser  or  pros- 
ecutor of  any  officer  in  the  army  of  the  United  States  under  his 
command,  the  general  court  nmrtial  for  the  trial  of  such  officer  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States.— ^c<  2dth  Maij, 
18^0,  Seel. 

G.  . .  The  proceedings  and  sentence  of  the  said  court  shall  be  sent 
directly  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  be  by  him  laid  before  the  Presi- 
dent for  his  confirmation  or  approval,  or  orders  in  the  case. — Act  2^th 
May,  1830,  Sec  2. 


20  Extracts  from  Acts  of  Congress, 

7.  . .  .So  much  of  the  sixty-fifth  article  of  the  first  section  of  "An 
act  for  establishing  rules  and  articles  for  the  government  of  the 
armies  of  the  United  States,"  passed  on  the  tenth  of  April,  eighteen 
hundred  and  six,  as  is  repugnant  hereto,  shall  be,,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed. — Act  2dth  May,  1830,  Sec.  3. 

8 .  . . .  ",That  if  any  person  shall  sell,  exchange,  or  give,  barter  or 
dispose  of,  any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  to  an  Indian  (in  the  Indian 
country),  such  person  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars ;  and  if  any  person  shall  introduce,  or  attempt  to  introduce, 
any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  into  the  Indian  country,  except  such 
supplies  as  shall  be.  necessaiy  for  the  officers  of  the  United  States  and 
troops  of  the  service,  under  the  direction  of  the  War  Department, 
such  person  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not  exceeding  three  hundred 
dollars  ;  and  if  any  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs,  Indian  agent,  or 
sub-agent,  or  commanding  officer  of  a  military  post,  has  reason  to 
suspect,  or  is  informed,  that  any  white  person  or  Indian  is  about  to 
introduce,  or  has  introduced,  any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  into  the  In- 
dian country,  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  it  shall  be 
lawful  for  such  superintendent,  Indian  agent,  or  sub-agent,  or  mili- 
tary officer,  agreeably  to  such  regulations  as  may  be  established  by 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  to  cause  the  boats,  stores,  pack- 
ages, and  places  of  deposit  of  such  person  to  be  searched,  and  if  any 
such  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  is  found,  the  goods,  boats,  packages, 
and  peltries  of  such  persons  shall  be  seized  and  delivered  to  the 
proper  officer,  and  shall  be  proceeded  against  by  libel,  in  the  proper 
court,  and  forfeited,  one  half  to  the  use  of  the  informer,  and  the 
other  half  to  the  use  of  the  United  States ;  and  if  such  person  is  a 
trader,  his  license  shall  be  revoked  and  his  bond  put  in  suit..  And  it 
shall  moreover  be  lawful  for  any  person  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  or  for  any  Indian,  to  take  and  destroy  any  ardent  spirits  or 
wine  found  in  the  Indian  country,  excepting  military  supplies  as  men- 
tioned in  this  section." — Act  ^Otli  June,  1834,  Sec.  20. 

9.  . .  .*'That  if  any  person  whatever  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the 
Indian  country,  set  up  or  continue  any  distillery  for  manufacturing 
ardent  spirits,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars, and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs, 
Indian  agent,  or  sub-agent,  within  the  limits  of  whose  agency  the 
same  shall  be  set  up  or  continued,  forthwith  to  destroy  and  break  up 
the  same ;  and  it  shall  be  lawful  to  employ  the  military  force  of  the 
United  States  in  executing  that  duty." — Act  SOth  June,  1834,  Sec.  21. 

10 "That  the  twentieth  section  of  the  'Act  to  regulate  trade 

and  intercourse  with  the  Indian  tribes,  and  to  preserve  peace  on  the 


Extracts  from  Acts  of  Congress.  21 

frontiers,'  aj^proved  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-four, 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  so  amended,  that,  in  addition  to  the  fines 
thereby  imposed,  any  person  who  shall  sell,  exchange,  or  barter,  give, 
or  dispose  of,  any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  to  an  Indian,  in  the  Indian 
country,  or  who  shall  introduce,  or  attempt  to  introduce,  any  spirit- 
uous liquor  or  wine  into  the  Indian  country,  except  such  supplies  as 
may  be  necessary  for  the  officers  of  the  United  States  and  the  troops 
of  the  service,  under  the  direction  of  the  War  Department,  such  per- 
son, on  conviction  thereof,  before  the  proper  district  court  of  the 
United  States,  shall  in  the  former  case  be  subject  to  imprisonment  for 
a  period  not  exceeding  two  years,  and  in  the  latter  case  not  exceed- 
ing one  year,  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  court,  according  to  the  ex- 
tent and  criminality  of  the  offense.  And  in  all  prosecutions  arising 
under  this  section,  and  unde^'  the  twentieth  section  of  the  act  to  reg- 
ulate trade  and  intercourse  with  the  Indian  tribes,  and  preserve  peace 
on  the  frontiers,  approved  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty- 
four,  to  which  this  is  an  amendment,  Indians  shall  be  competent  wit- 
nesses."—^cif  Zd  March,  1847,  Sec.  2. 

11. . .  ."That  no  annuities,  or  moneys,  or  goods  shall  be  paid  or 
distributed  to  the  Indians  while  they  are  under  the  influence  of  any 
description  of  intoxicating  liquor ;  nor  while  there  are  good  and  suf- 
ficient reasons  for  the  officers  or  agents,  whose  duty  it  may  be  to 
make  such  payments  or  distributions,  for  believing  that  there  is  any 
species  of  intoxicating  liquor  within  convenient  reach  of  the  Indians ; 
nor  imtil  the  chiefs  and  head  men  of  the  tribe  shall  have  pledged 
themselves  to  use  all  their  influence,  and  to  make  all  proper  exertions 
to  prevent  the  introduction  and  sale  of  such  liquor  in  their  country.'* 
—Act  M  March,  1847,  Sec.  3. 


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